{"id":21108,"date":"2026-05-28T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=21108"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:26:34","slug":"lottas-fake-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/21108\/lottas-fake-article\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of the stock exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What first started in Bruges looks nothing like the stock exchange today. It is no longer bound to a place and has moved fully digital along with becoming more accessible for people to use. But how did we get from medieval Bruges to where we are at right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"humamvideo\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top: 56.25%;margin:20px 0px;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/stream.hu.nl\/players\/EBLnOpJ4-Kv4Phafj.html\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stock exchange did not appear overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What began as merchants exchanging information and making agreements in medieval Bruges gradually evolved over centuries. New trading centers emerged, financial innovations transformed the way people invested, and markets became increasingly connected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But most people associate the official beginnings of the stock exchange with Amsterdam. So why did trading shift away from Bruges?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nk-awb nk-awb alignfull\"><div class=\"nk-awb-wrap\" data-awb-type=\"image\" data-awb-parallax=\"scroll\" data-awb-parallax-speed=\"0\" data-awb-parallax-mobile=\"false\" data-awb-image-background-size=\"fill\" data-awb-image-background-position=\"50% 47%\"><div class=\"nk-awb-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6877-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-21396 jarallax-img\" alt=\"Old harbour of Bruges\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6877-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6877-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6877-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1429\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image wp-image-21368\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-2048x1144.png 2048w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-1080x603.png 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-500x279.png 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-800x447.png 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-1280x715.png 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-1920x1072.png 1920w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-1250x698.png 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-09.56.17-400x223.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>End of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><br><strong>Along with the channel silting up, the ships also kept getting bigger, which made it harder for the ships to enter Bruges. With the channel the prosperity of Bruges also disappeared. Because of political and economic unrest in Bruges many merchants also left the city around this time.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong style=\"white-space: normal\">The Zwin channel silted up<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>End of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><br><strong>Along with the channel silting up, the ships also kept getting bigger, which made it harder for the ships to enter Bruges. With the channel the prosperity of Bruges also disappeared. Because of political and economic unrest in Bruges many merchants also left the city around this time.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image wp-image-21376\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-1250x938.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_3835-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>1532<\/strong><br><strong>When Bruges declined in importance, financial activity shifted to Antwerp. As the \u2018mother of all stock exchanges\u2019, it serves as the inspiration for many other European stock exchanges. It was here they began to buy and sell not just goods, but shares of a ship\u2019s cargo.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The New Stock Exchange rises again in Antwerp<\/mark><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>1532<\/strong><br><strong>When Bruges declined in importance, financial activity shifted to Antwerp. As the \u2018mother of all stock exchanges\u2019, it serves as the inspiration for many other European stock exchanges. It was here they began to buy and sell not just goods, but shares of a ship\u2019s cargo.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image wp-image-21379\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-1250x938.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/tempImagedw0bPW-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1585<\/mark><\/strong><br><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>Spanish forces blockaded and captured the prosperous trading hub of Antwerp. This led to a mass migration of tens of thousands of skilled merchants, bankers, and artisans to Amsterdam. These refugees brought vital capital, trade networks, and commercial expertise with them<\/strong><\/mark>. <\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The fall of Antwerp<\/mark><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1585<\/mark><\/strong><br><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>Spanish forces blockaded and captured the prosperous trading hub of Antwerp. This led to a mass migration of tens of thousands of skilled merchants, bankers, and artisans to Amsterdam. These refugees brought vital capital, trade networks, and commercial expertise with them<\/strong><\/mark>. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1422\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image wp-image-21403\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-2048x1138.png 2048w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-1080x600.png 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-500x278.png 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-800x444.png 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-1280x711.png 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-1920x1067.png 1920w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-1250x694.png 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.08.22-400x222.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1602<br>Amsterdam merchants founded the&nbsp;Dutch East India Company (VOC). Needing massive, long-term capital for its risky global shipping voyages, the VOC issued the world&#8217;s first formal, publicly traded joint-stock shares. The exchange&#8217;s physical trading building was later commissioned by the Amsterdam city council in 1611. It is widely recognized as the world&#8217;s oldest &#8220;modern&#8221; stock exchange.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The rise of Amsterdam<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1602<br>Amsterdam merchants founded the&nbsp;Dutch East India Company (VOC). Needing massive, long-term capital for its risky global shipping voyages, the VOC issued the world&#8217;s first formal, publicly traded joint-stock shares. The exchange&#8217;s physical trading building was later commissioned by the Amsterdam city council in 1611. It is widely recognized as the world&#8217;s oldest &#8220;modern&#8221; stock exchange.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2385\" height=\"1398\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image wp-image-21415\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03.png 2385w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-1536x900.png 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-2048x1200.png 2048w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-1080x633.png 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-500x293.png 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-800x469.png 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-1280x750.png 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-1920x1125.png 1920w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-1250x733.png 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-09-om-11.20.03-400x234.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2385px) 100vw, 2385px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1971<\/mark><\/strong><br><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>For most of history, stock trading was a physical activity. Traders shouted orders across a pit in a process known as open outcry. This changed dramatically with the founding of NASDAQ, the world&#8217;s first electronic stock market. NASDAQ did not have a physical trading floor. Instead, it used a network of computers to display the best bid and ask prices. This innovation reduced the spread between buying and selling prices and democratized access to market data.<br><br><\/strong><\/mark><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Digitalization of the stock exchange<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1971<\/mark><\/strong><br><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>For most of history, stock trading was a physical activity. Traders shouted orders across a pit in a process known as open outcry. This changed dramatically with the founding of NASDAQ, the world&#8217;s first electronic stock market. NASDAQ did not have a physical trading floor. Instead, it used a network of computers to display the best bid and ask prices. This innovation reduced the spread between buying and selling prices and democratized access to market data.<br><br><\/strong><\/mark><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__image wp-image-21419\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-1250x703.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/05\/IMG_6958-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">2000<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">To stand firmly within the new digital and international playing field, the Amsterdam Exchange merged with the Brussels and Paris exchanges to form Euronext, the biggest Stock Exchange in Europe.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Euronext<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">2000<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">To stand firmly within the new digital and international playing field, the Amsterdam Exchange merged with the Brussels and Paris exchanges to form Euronext, the biggest Stock Exchange in Europe.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"humamvideo\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top: 56.25%;margin:20px 0px;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/stream.hu.nl\/players\/lEy9SoxG-Kv4Phafj.html\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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