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Trading will be somewhat quieter and less spectacular on the trading floor of the new stock exchange, because of new equipment, but it will still look(...)
Trading will be somewhat quieter and less spectacular on the trading floor of the new stock exchange, because of new equipment, but it will still look(...)

Trading will be somewhat quieter and less spectacular on the trading floor of the new stock exchange, because of new equipment, but it will still look(...)

Date3/19/1937
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trading will be somewhat quieter and less spectacular on the trading floor of the new stock exchange; because of new equipment; but it will still look like a seething mass of angry humanity to the outsider. In (1) is one section of the new trading floor photographed during a pre-opening practice session. Traders have been practising at nights several times weekly; getting accustomed to the trading technique demanded by the new machines.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115030F
Spectacular feature of the trading floor in the new stock exchange are the telephone desks for traders and their assistants. These smart pews when sur(...)
Spectacular feature of the trading floor in the new stock exchange are the telephone desks for traders and their assistants. These smart pews when sur(...)
3/19/1937
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
New chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange is 42-year-old Donald G. Lawson, shown here looking over the exchanges's trading floor, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson and Co., succeeds W.H.A. Thorburn, Appointed governor was Dr. O.M. Solandt, retiring chancellor, University of Toronto.
New chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange is 42-year-old Donald G. Lawson, shown here looking over the exchanges's trading floor, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson and Co., succeeds W.H.A. Thorburn, Appointed governor was Dr. O.M. Solandt, retiring chancellor, University of Toronto.
5/27/1971
Not even this pipe band on the floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday was enough to stop business as usual-although the brisk trading pace did (...)
Not even this pipe band on the floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday was enough to stop business as usual-although the brisk trading pace did (...)
8/17/1972
Disastrous year on trading floor of Toronto Stock Exchange grinds to an end behind Robert Morgan, vice president of Wood Gundy Ltd., and chairman of T(...)
Disastrous year on trading floor of Toronto Stock Exchange grinds to an end behind Robert Morgan, vice president of Wood Gundy Ltd., and chairman of T(...)
12/30/1974
Nobody believed trading on floor of Toronto Stock Exchange shown behind TSE chairman E
Nobody believed trading on floor of Toronto Stock Exchange shown behind TSE chairman E
12/30/1975
Leading the fight against negotiated commission rates for brokerage services are most members of Toronto Stock Exchange (trading floor shown above), w(...)
Leading the fight against negotiated commission rates for brokerage services are most members of Toronto Stock Exchange (trading floor shown above), w(...)
1/7/1976
Carl Christie: Equity trading manager for Canarim investment Corp. and chairman of the Professional Traders Association represents about 450 people, including those working on the Toronto exchange's trading floor. He is critical of the exchange's handling of recent layoffs: That liaison we had with the upstairs (management) has pretty well been completely obliterated.
Carl Christie: Equity trading manager for Canarim investment Corp. and chairman of the Professional Traders Association represents about 450 people, including those working on the Toronto exchange's trading floor. He is critical of the exchange's handling of recent layoffs: That liaison we had with the upstairs (management) has pretty well been completely obliterated.
1/22/1988
U.S.S. Enterprise? No, it's the beginnings of the new trading floor of the TSE. Exchange president J. Pearce Bunting shows off model at left and, abov(...)
U.S.S. Enterprise? No, it's the beginnings of the new trading floor of the TSE. Exchange president J. Pearce Bunting shows off model at left and, abov(...)
12/15/1982
U.S.S. Enterprise? No, it's the beginnings of the new trading floor of the TSE. Exchange president J. Pearce Bunting shows off model at left and above(...)
U.S.S. Enterprise? No, it's the beginnings of the new trading floor of the TSE. Exchange president J. Pearce Bunting shows off model at left and above(...)
12/15/1982
The holiday spirit was strong at the close of trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday as fllor traders looked forward to the long weekend. It (...)
The holiday spirit was strong at the close of trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday as fllor traders looked forward to the long weekend. It (...)
6/30/1977
You can make plenty or lose it around one of these trading posts on the floor of the exchange
You can make plenty or lose it around one of these trading posts on the floor of the exchange
10/2/1948