Talk:Stock exchange/Archives/2014

Rename
Some of the exchanges listed here are not stock exchanges. The CBOT, for example, is a futures exchange. Rather than split the list among several pages, I'd suggest just renaming the page. Trading exchanges or something like that.--AMT


 * Should this be renamed U.S. Stock Markets? Where is the international info? Rmhermen 23:01 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)
 * No, the first part is general (please add more). - Patrick 23:43 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Would commodity exchanges be a better general name? I have already created Stock Market to redirect here since it is a more commonly used be less correct name. --- Jagged


 * How about Financial markets?


 * "Financial markets" ordinarily refers to markets in specifically financial instruments, like treasury bonds. Commodity exchanges only deal in commodities--steel, corn, or whatever. Two problems: I don't know of a term for all kinds of trading, except "trading"; and the exchange is actually different from the market--the exchange is a specific organization to facilitate trading, the market is the overall effect of all the trades. Bottom line--I don't know what title would work.


 * Maybe call it "____ Trading" or "____ Markets" and add a paragraph at the top on markets or trading in general? Anyone searching on the phrase "stock exchange" would get here anyway.--AMT


 * The stock market is not the same as a stock exchange. A stock exchange is - well, read the article.  The stock market is the market for stocks.  When people speak of the stock market, they are refering to the activities associated with investing in stocks.  If someone wants to learn about putting money in the stock market, a description of stock exchanges won't be a much help.  So everyone is encouraged to change the Stock Market and Stock markets pages so they do not redirect here, but instead discuss the activities associated with investing in stocks.

Typographic error in list of major stock exchanges
The stock exchange in Frankfurt is in fact called "Deutsche Börse" and not "Deutsche Bourse"