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Friday 12 May 2006: The first company to issue stocks
The first company to issue stocks was the Vereeningde Oostindische Compagnie (the Dutch East Indies Company), which was established on 20 March 1602. The VOC raised a capital of around 6.4 million guilders. The company was very successful for nearly 200 years thanks to several trade monopolies; it was dissolved on 17 March 1798 after going bankrupt.

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