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Top Market Events Over the Last 100 Years


Americans have been buying and selling company stock for centuries—the NYSE first opened in 1792—but it’s been over the last 100 years that industry has made its most important strides, including the creation of the mutual fund and the birth of the S&P 500.

We look back on 100 years of markets with this timeline, showing some of the most important market-related events over the last century.

U.S. Stock Market Milestones
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1925
1935
1945
1955
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
2015

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Closing price of the S&P 500