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Friday, April 11, 2025

Stock Sycamore






  

"The total market capitalization of all publicly traded stocks worldwide rose from US$2.5 trillion in 1980 to US$111 trillion by the end of 2023.

As of 2016, there are 60 stock exchanges in the world. Of these, there are 16 exchanges with a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more" 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market.


"The street was originally known in Dutch as Het Cingel ("the Belt") when it was part of New Amsterdam during the 17th century. .

An actual city wall existed on the street from 1653 to 1699. During the 18th century, the location served as a slave market and securities trading site" 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street.


"first Anglo-Dutch War ended in 1654 without hostilities in New Amsterdam, but over time the "werken" (meaning the works or city fortifications) were reinforced and expanded to protect against potential incursions from Native Americans, pirates, and the English. 

The English also expanded and improved the wall after their 1664 takeover (a cause of the Second Anglo-Dutch War), as did the Dutch from 1673 to 1674 

 when they briefly retook the city during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, and by the late 1600s the wall encircled most of the city and had two large stone bastions on the northern side  "


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"The Buttonwood Agreement is the founding document of what is now the New York Stock Exchange and is one of the most important financial documents in U.S. history. 

The agreement organized securities trading in New York City and was signed on 

 May 17, 1792 between 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street. According to legend the signing took place 

 under a buttonwood tree where their earliest transactions had occurred. 

The New York Stock Exchange celebrates the signing of this agreement on May 17, 1792 as its founding. " 


Platanus occidentalis, also known as.

 American sycamore,  

American planetree,  

western plane, occidental plane,  

     buttonwood,  

and water beech,   



'The American sycamore is a long-lived species, typically surviving at least 200 years and likely as long as 500–600 years. "









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