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Welcome to the Hot Stock Market News Blog.
A ‘stock market‘ is a system that allows for the trading of stocks, options, futures and bonds.
Stocks are listed and traded on stock exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the NASDAQ which are actual companies themselves that specialize in facilitating efficient trading between buyers and sellers.
The stock market is the main way a public company raises money. Because the stock markets allow large amount of buyers and sellers to trade, this creates a lot of liquidity. This is an attractive feature of investing in the stock market, as compared to something less liquid like real estate.
A stock exchange acts as the clearinghouse for each transaction, they collect and deliver the shares, and guarantee payment to the seller.
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