The shrinking share of shares. (world stock markets’ boom)

THE SHRINKING SHARE OF SHARES

THE SHRINKING SHARE OF SHARES

The world’s biggest stock markets are on a roll. In New York the Dow started March in the heady regions above 1700. In Tokyo, the Nikkei Dow soared through 14,000 and in London the FT Index surged past 1400. In both New York and London the volume and value of share trading ran at record levels.

Yet all is not well with the world’s stockmarkets. In the US, home of the world’s most sophisticated markets, the trade in equity derivatives is swamping the traditional share dealing business.

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