tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49174349779106728182024-03-13T09:25:16.213-07:00|@| Stock Market |@|Rabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189315898475618465noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917434977910672818.post-70011103403401019812008-07-10T03:30:00.000-07:002008-07-10T03:40:56.518-07:00Stock market<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjZ-d8H4-ND3Mk4TRorXrSTtUTtsHX5xLc1vUob2c2OCJXZW5e2gEk6uopkVJ0X6P_7w_egThH40lYX2zUTmEhEFVPKSmmm8u6sBjvtunNvhyphenhyphenmCRjQsZhmEXJGweDSlUOfsdFvI2rQ9A/s1600-h/fin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221333186492832514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 417px" height="187" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjZ-d8H4-ND3Mk4TRorXrSTtUTtsHX5xLc1vUob2c2OCJXZW5e2gEk6uopkVJ0X6P_7w_egThH40lYX2zUTmEhEFVPKSmmm8u6sBjvtunNvhyphenhyphenmCRjQsZhmEXJGweDSlUOfsdFvI2rQ9A/s400/fin.jpg" width="174" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>A stock market, or (equity market), is a private or public </strong></span><a title="Market system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_system"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>market</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> for the </strong></span><a title="Trade" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>trading</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> of </strong></span><a title="Corporation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>company</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> </strong></span><a title="Stock" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>stock</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> and </strong></span><a title="Derivative (finance)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_(finance)"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>derivatives</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> of company stock at an agreed price; these are </strong></span><a title="Security (finance)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_(finance)"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>securities</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> listed on a </strong></span><a title="Stock exchange" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_exchange"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>stock exchange</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> as well as those only traded privately.<br />The size of the stock market is estimated at about $51 trillion. The world derivatives market has been estimated at about $480 trillion face or nominal value, 30 times the size of the U.S. economy. and 12 times the size of the entire world economy. It must be noted though that the value of the derivatives market, because it is stated in terms of </strong></span><a title="Notional amount" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notional_amount"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>notional values</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>, and cannot be directly compared to a stock or a fixed income security, which traditionally refers to an </strong></span><a title="Actual cash value" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actual_cash_value"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>act</a><a title="Actual cash value" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actual_cash_value"><span style="color:#33cc00;">ual value</span></strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>. Many such relatively illiquid securities are valued as </strong></span><a class="mw-redirect" title="Mark to model" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_to_model"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>marked to model</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>, rather than an actual market price.<br />The stocks are listed and traded on stock exchanges which are entities a corporation or mutual organization specialized in the business of bringing buyers and sellers of stocks and securities together. The stock market in the United States includes the trading of all securities listed on the </strong></span><a title="New York Stock Exchange" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>NYSE</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>, the NASDAQ, the </strong></span><a title="American Stock Exchange" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Stock_Exchange"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>Amex</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>, as well as on the many regional exchanges, e.g. </strong></span><a title="OTC Bulletin Board" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTC_Bulletin_Board"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>OTCBB</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong> and Pink Sheets. European examples of stock exchanges include the Paris Bourse now part of Euronext, the London Stock Exchange and the Deutsche Borse.</strong></span></div>Rabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189315898475618465noreply@blogger.com0