Stock Market Basics – How to Trade Stocks
While you’ll hear the term “stock market” tossed around loosely on the news (ie. “The stock market gained 300 points…
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A stock market or equity market is a public entity (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete entity) for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.
The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion at the beginning of October 2008. The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value, 11 times the size of the entire world economy. The value of the derivatives market, because it is stated in terms of notional values, cannot be directly compared to a stock or a fixed income security, which traditionally refers to an actual value. Moreover, the vast majority of derivatives ‘cancel’ each other out (i.e., a derivative ‘bet’ on an event occurring is offset by a comparable derivative ‘bet’ on the event not occurring). Many such relatively illiquid securities are valued…
While you’ll hear the term “stock market” tossed around loosely on the news (ie. “The stock market gained 300 points…
Stock day trade softwares are programs which predict where the market is going before it happens so that you can…