The stock market is more than 400 years old and was started in the Netherlands in 1602

There are more than 60 stock exchanges in the world

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The stock market is 70% likely to go up on any year

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October is the most volatile month

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September is the worst month

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The New York Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange by market cap

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The S&P 500 index does not actually include 500 stocks, but 505 stock

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In Somalia, a pirate stock exchange was founded around 2010

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