Home to the #NYSE & many banks, insurance & financial companies #WallStreet is a street in the Financial District in #Manhattan. Running 8 blocks between #Broadway in the West, to South Street in the East, the term “Wall Street" is a metonym for the #StockExchange & the financial markets in the #USA as a whole, whose activities produce worldwide economic impact #NewYork
Located on #WallStreet in #Manhattan the #NewYork Stock Exchange #NYSE - known as the “Big Board” - was the 1st #StockExchange to be formalised in the #USA. It is the largest equities exchange in the world, ranked by market cap of its listed securities. Electronic trading has replaced the open-outcry system, yet brokers still work the NYSE trading floors today.
Created in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday #StockMarket crash, Italian #Artist Arturo Di Modica illegally dropped the #Bronze#Sculpture outside of the #NYSE. The Bull is a symbol of aggressive financial optimism & prosperity, & the #ChargingBull statue which is now in Bowling Green, is a popular tourist attraction & icon of the #WallStreet Financial District in #NewYork#Art