Billions of Shares Traded
Drew and Meghan's transactions happen every trading day.
A typical day on the New York Stock Exchange will have about a BILLION shares traded, worth over $153 BILLION.
In 2008, the all-time record was set at over 7.3 BILLION shares in a single day. That year, over 802 BILLION shares were traded, worth almost $18.5 TRILLION.
Overall, the companies on the New York Stock Exchange are worth over $16 TRILLION.