the.com/global markets
the planet's mood ring, tracking fear and greed across every timezone at once.
means the interconnected system of stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities traded worldwide where prices set the value of nearly everything.
from grew from medieval trade fairs and colonial exchanges into a 24-hour relay race once telegraphs, then computers, let tokyo hand off to london hand off to new york.
open hourstrading somewhere on earth nearly 24/7
forex volumeover 7 trillion dollars change hands daily
contagion speeda tokyo dip can hit london within minutes
first crashdutch tulip mania, 1630s, long before stock tickers