The Buttonwood Agreement was a compact to create a stock exchange on Wall Street in New York City, signed by 24 stockbrokers and merchants in 1792. Legend says it was finalized under a buttonwood ...

Stakeholders and industry bodies have progressed on some looming questions about overnight trading. Nyela examines what that ...

However, on May 17, 1792, stockbrokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement, a founding document that would later lead to the iconic New York Stock Exchange, at the corner of Wall and Broad Streets.

Known as the Buttonwood Agreement, twenty-four New York City stockbrokers initiated it, giving birth to what society would refer to decades later as Wall Street. While Wall Street and the stock ...