1. First Stock Exchange: Amsterdam Stock Exchange (1602) was the first.

2. Longest Bull Run: 1990-2000, S&P 500 rose 417% in 10 years.

3. Shortest Bear Market: 2020, S&P 500 fell 33% in 33 days.

4. Largest IPO: Alibaba Group (2014) raised $25 billion.

5. Most Traded Stock: On average, Apple is the most traded stock daily.

6. Market Capitalization: Apple is the first company to reach $3 trillion.

7. Trading Hours: NYSE is open 253 days per year, 6.5 hours per day.

8. Stock Ticker Symbol: IBM was the first company to use a ticker symbol (1896).

9. Circuit Breaker: Introduced in 1988 to halt trading during extreme volatility.

10. Flash Crash: 2010, Dow Jones plummeted 9% in minutes due to algorithmic trading.