Stock Market
The stock market is the community of individuals and corporations engaged in the buying and selling of shares of...READ MORE
The stock market is the community of individuals and corporations engaged in the buying and selling of shares of companies, called stocks, on the open market. Shares of stock are traded on a stock exchange and are tracked on indices such as the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. In the U.S., the stock market is commonly referred to as Wall Street, the eight-block region in lower Manhattan in New York where many of the nation’s major financial institutions are based. Globally, there are more than a dozen major exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange Group, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Euronext and the Japan Exchange Group. As a company’s value or perceived worth increases or decreases, the value of its shares moves accordingly as stockbrokers and individuals buy and sell shares to earn profit. Thus, when stocks are moving higher, it is said that Wall Street is “bullish” on the economy, and when stocks are falling, it is said that Wall Street has a “bearish” outlook.
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