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World's first financial market opened in the 1500s

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Long before Wall Street existed, the city of Antwerp established the first official financial exchange building in 1531. Brokers would gather to trade promissory notes and municipal bonds, basically inventing the modern concept of high-stress financial speculation centuries before digital screens and stock tickers ruined our collective mental health.

World's first financial market opened in the 1500s
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