Who Invented the Stock Market? The first modern stock trading was created in Amsterdam when the Dutch East India Company was the first publicly traded company. To raise capital, the company decided to sell stock and pay dividends of the shares to investors. Then in 1611, the Amsterdam stock exchange was created.
When was the first stock market developed?
In 1611, the Amsterdam stock exchange was created, trading in stocks of the Dutch East India Company. In following years, similar companies began issuing stock, and investors began buying stock without doing due diligence into companies.
What was the first stock in the world?
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) held its 'initial public offering' (IPO) in August 1602. It was the first of its kind in world history and therefore a key event in financial history, and the history of the capitalist world.