stock markets
Where shares trade
Stock markets are exchanges where shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold.
The term covers both physical trading floors and electronic systems: The stock markets rallied on news of lower interest rates.
Stock market often appears in singular form to describe the system generally: She's been following the stock market since college.
Market movements serve as economic indicators—a rising market suggests investor confidence, while crashes signal trouble.
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- boursesSecurities trading venues
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
securities · investment · hedge funds · arbitrage · finance · opening bell · closing bell · trading platforms · derivatives · capital markets · bears · financial markets · trading · bulls · bull run · margin · initial public offering · floor
- global financeinternational banking, financial hubs, central banks, capital flows, exchange rates
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- economic historyIndustrial Revolution, trade routes, Great Depression, gold standard, Silk Road
- Middle East economiesoil exports, oil revenues, oil wealth, oil reserves, oil industry
- Modern ChinaDeng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping, economic reforms, economic zones, opening up
- investmentinvestor, foreign investment, financier, direct investment, backer
stock marketsbond markets
Where debt securities trade
commodity markets · real estate markets · money markets · private equity · fixed income
stock marketscentral planning
Government directs all production
command economy · communism · planned economies · planned economy · socialism
stock marketspiggy banks
Child's coin containers
cash hoarding · underground economy · black markets · barter · personal savings
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