The book tells in a lively and entertaining way the history of the emergence of the stock exchange business and the emergence of exchanges in the world. In addition, it describes examples of human behavior associated with trading securities and currencies on global financial markets, talks about the mistakes and successes, the ups and downs of stock traders and speculators, which sometimes led to the reorganization of the world order. The book is also useful as a textbook on stock market history, and as an entertaining read for people interested in stock trading and Forex trading.