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History

This section starts out with "Braudel". It should start as "Fernand Braudel" or "Historian Fernand Braudel" so readers who have no ]] 00:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


About the 'common misbelief' of the location of the van der beurze building : I'm pretty sure the story about Brugges is right after all. In the late 13th century Brugge was much more a location of trade than Antwerp was. There was a shift in activity from Brugges to Antwerp indeed, but this was later, it only came after the usage of the first stock market buildings. And yes, Antwerp soon had its own stock market building too when trade in the city flourished, it was named after the 'beurze' of brugges, and its activities were also modelled after those in Brugges.. however, this building had nothing to with the family van de beurze of Brugges anymore. Antwerp only started to become a primary place for trading after Brugges lost its gateway to the sea. At the height of Brugges trading periode Antwerp was only a minor city. Stock markets originated from the golden time of Brugges, so there is a lot wrong with the attempt to debunk this 'common misbelief'.

I'm not sure if I can juist replace this whole piece of text, I might do it when I got the right sources for it. (84.196.118.82 (talk) 14:35, 23 May 2010 (UTC))[reply]

History of Stock Market and Buffets comments

It seems to me the history is interesting, but there is hardly anything about the American stock market. I'd suggest that the stock market in the United States has changed quite a bit since it started.

I'd like to know when Mr Buffet made the comment quoted in the article. And, I'd suggest that the man started his career with a lot less than $100. He was only a boy, buying and re-selling candy. I think he bought several acres at the age of 11. Brian Pearson 23:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources?

I barely see any sources mentioned, which is kind of scary since the stock market's such an important topic. For example, the claim that states, "Furthermore, the stock market comprises a large amount of speculative analysts, or pencil pushers, who have no substantial money or financial interest in the market, but make market predictions and suggestions regardless," is sourceless. Me, who's ignorant on that topic, has no idea whether or not to believe it. Tlasco Rydrion

Yes that particular sentence looks a little "unencyclopedic". I've asked around a bit, concerning sources, and I've created some links. But, I don't think I'm ready to tackle sources at this point, especially for an article like this. Brian Pearson 01:08, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the sentence. Brian Pearson 03:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Is there a compelling reason to include {{Financial markets}} here? It only causes clutter and it doesn't add anything relevant that the navbox at the bottom doesn't already add. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:49, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I like that infobox. I don't think it looks pretty in its current use. Probably there should be a picture above it, and then the infobox, but I haven't figured out the layout markup to make that happen. CRETOG8(t/c) 21:30, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Criticism?

In lieu of the global financial crisis this article could be more balanced if it provided criticism about the Stock Market system. ~~anon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.101.201.143 (talk) 22:10, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that there shopuld be a Criticisms section. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 00:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree also. Surely it has been called gambling by some religious groups? Stars4change (talk) 05:14, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone call it idolatry (a false way)? Stars4change (talk) 04:47, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree there should be a section on the impact of the stock market on real life economy, what with the virtual values traded there not having any basis in actual produced goods and services. A big part of the mess we're in right now is due to the overinflated stock market as well as the shareholder-driven corporate governance.--88.152.127.97 (talk) 12:02, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Derivatives market

I think it would be helpful to explain the world derivatives market, instead of just having it in an opening sentence. I didn't know what it was referring to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.219.237 (talk) 02:43, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is a link to a page about derivatives. That should be sufficient rather than explaining it again. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 00:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Public equity market title

Perhaps the article should be named "Public Equity Market" instead of "Stock market?" There are so many different asset classes that are investable in the stock exchanges, that I think it may be a misnomer to call it a stock market. 68.239.242.145 (talk) 15:09, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Largest Stock Markets

It is surprising how much controversy a single sentence can generate at times. Since By78 has been blocked for two weeks because of his sock-puppetry and disruptive edits, maybe we can now reach some kind of consensus. The data from this article lists the largest stock exchanges in the world as follows:

Template:Major stock exchanges

To keep the list short and concise while making everyone happy, would it suffice to say that the largest markets are located in Canada, China, India, Japan, Spain, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom? While this is a relatively minor edit, I feel that to avoid disruptive edits (i.e. By78's edits) it would be a good idea for us to reach some kind of consensus on this.

Vedant (talk) 00:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gaussian versus Non-Gaussian Market Behavior

Inclusion of an external link to Non-Gaussian behavior in the body of the article violates Wikipedia standards, especially because there is a Non-Gaussianity link available to a stub article. Instead of relying on an unidentified external link not subject to the Wiki discipline, that stub should be expanded.

Lee-Anne (talk) 09:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The relationship with the ones of animals

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Nomenclature, Trivial name and Definition etc....

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Animal language

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