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P.S. It would be interesting to see how this chart would look in the 30’s and 40’s. I haven’t been able to locate that data yet. Should any blog readers know a resource I’d be happy to link to it.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
NYSE Total Issues Contracting
One number that has been hitting low levels lately is the number of issues traded on the NYSE. The chart below goes back to 1970, which is as far back as my database goes. During the difficult economic environment during the 70’s the total issues crept higher without much in the way of sharp rises or falls. Following the crash of ’87 the total issues only suffered a mild setback. The 90's saw a rapid expansion in total issues. The 2000-2003 bear market saw a sizable contraction. In the last year there has been another fairly sharp contraction. With increased bankruptcies, floundering stock prices, and a dormant IPO market this number may continue to contract. A true economic expansion that could be accompanied by a multi-year bull market would likely see the IPO market revived and the NYSE total issues expand as well. I’d be wary of the sustainability of a bull market that saw continued contraction in the total issues traded on the NYSE.
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P.S. It would be interesting to see how this chart would look in the 30’s and 40’s. I haven’t been able to locate that data yet. Should any blog readers know a resource I’d be happy to link to it.
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P.S. It would be interesting to see how this chart would look in the 30’s and 40’s. I haven’t been able to locate that data yet. Should any blog readers know a resource I’d be happy to link to it.
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Lowry's might well give you that info, since you're only interested in totals.
I wrote on this on January 31 from a slightly different perspective-the impact of ETFs and ADRs.
Domestic stocks would be even more dramatically depressed if synthetic foreign securities were excluded. It would demonstrate in even more stark relief the withering state of the US business, commercial, financial and developmental world.
Thanks Peter and Guru.
Nice post as well, Guru.
I accept your point, but note that the notch in the series (looks like sometime in '07) is suspicious. I'd guess such a discontinuity represents a problem in the data. Lots of issues have been moving around: a few firms left the NYSE for NASDAQ in recent years, a raft of ETFs left Amex for ARCA (are ARCA issues counted here as NYSE?), etc.
Another oddity is that the first time it rolled over looks like 98-2000, well before the bubble crested. That was a boom for (tech) IPOs.
in response to your request for earlier data for your graph of 'number of issues traded on the NYSE.'
http://quantifiableedges.blogspot.com/2009/02/nyse-total-issues-contracting.html
use this link
http://www.nyxdata.com/factbook
and work your way to 'Facts and Figures > Listed Companies > NYSE Number of Listed Companies (1929 - 2002)'
cheers
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