US financial market leads in terms of total Dollar transactions volume .United States has the largest financial market of the globe. People across United States are highly interested to invest in shares to make fast money. Most of the US companies have provided rich dividends to the potential investors. People from different corners of the world invest in US financial markets. New York financial market started in the year 1817 and since then it has attracted leading financial investors. Many global stock traders are maximizing profits by investing in the US Financial markets.
New York stock exchange is the leading stock exchange in terms total volume of currency trading. Many of the companies listed in the US Financial markets are global corporations. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ranks second in terms of total companies listed. To provide more convenience to the stock traders,NYSE has merged with Euronext. Euronext mainly deals the stocks related to Information Technology. New York Stock exchange offer continuous trading in auction format.
The major categories of industry stocks that are traded at U.S Stock markets are as follows:
- Materials
- Consumer Durables & Apparel
- Software & Services
- Real Estate
- Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Insurance
- Capital Goods
- Food Beverage & Tobacco
The major US Financial markets are mentioned below:
Name of the stock exchange |
Location |
Chicago Stock Exchange |
Chicago |
Boston Stock Exchange(BSE) |
Boston |
New York City (NASDAQ) |
New York |
National Stock Exchange (NSX ) |
Chicago |
American Stock Exchange( AMEX) |
New York City |
New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) |
New York |
NYSE Arca New York City |
New York |
Philadelphia Stock Exchange(PHLX ) |
Philadelphia |
HedgeStreet |
San Mateo |
New York Board of Trade(NYBOT ) |
New York |
The leading US Companies that largely influence US financial market are as follows:
- Altria Group Inc
- Alcoa Inc
- American Express Company
- AT&T Inc.
- American International Group, Inc.
- Boeing Co.
- Citigroup, Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- General Motors Corporation
- General Electric Company
- Honeywell Intl Inc
- Hewlett-Packard Co.
- International Business Machines
- Intel Corporation
- JP Morgan & Chase & Co
- Johnson & Johnson
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- McDonald's Corporation
- Microsoft Corporation
- Pfizer Inc
- The Coca-Cola Company
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- United Technologies Corporation
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Walt Disney Company
High profits of the US based companies have nourished the sustainable growth of US financial markets.