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This video talks about the basic knowledge of stock/stock shares, and how they are directly related to companies. It also talks about the How the trade value of a companies stock share is directly related to how well the company is doing. The video then goes on to talk about the stock market, and what people should look for when looking to invest in stock shares.

What I learned that surprised me:
Unlike what most people say, making an investment towards the stock of a new company could really turn out well. Depending on how good the company idea is, some people may back it up which will increase it's stock value.

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How The Stock Exchange Works (For Dummies)

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In this video:
This video defines cryptocurrency using bitcoin (a type of cryptocurrency). We learn that cryptocurrency is really just virtual spending money or internet coins. The video goes on to explain  the concept of an item known as the block chain, which records cryptocurrency  transactions and allows people to "mine" bitcoins.

What learned that surprised me:
In this video i learned about something known as the "block-chain". As i explained in the overview of the video, this allows people to record virtual transactions and mine cryptocurrency. What surprised me though, was the ridiculous amount of electronics and gadgets people buy to effectively use the block-chain

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Video #3: Difference between Cryptocurrency, Tokens, and Stocks

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Video #3: Difference between Cryptocurrency, Tokens, and Stocks

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In this video:
This video just talks about cryptocurrencies, tokens, and stocks. Although i was just paying attention to cryptocurrency and stock, as they are relevant to my topic. This video gives definitions for both cryptocurrency and stock, which allows you to see some differences between the two.

What I learned that surprised me:
While I already have some amount of knowledge from the previous videos, this video still managed to surprise me. The previous videos enlightened me as to how stock and cryptocurrency are good investing options. However this video showed me that the rate at which the money can be made are relatively the same.

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Difference between Cryptocurrencies, Tokens, and Stocks

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This website explains the origin of cryptocurrency, and how it was created unintentionally. it then proceeds to talk about bitcoin, and how influential it is as the first and most important cryptocurrency. The website also goes on to explain that cryptocurrency is a virtual currency that is not commanded through a central authority (i.e. bank)

What i learned that surprised me:
What definitely surprised me was the fact that the first and most important cryptocurrency was created by accident.

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What is Cryptocurrency? [Everything You Need To Know!]

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What Is Cryptocurrency: 21st-Century Unicorn – Or The Money Of The Future? TL;DR: Cryptocurrency is an internet-based medium of exchange which uses cryptographical functions to conduct financial transactions. Cryptocurrencies leverage blockchain technology to gain decentralization, transparency, an…

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On this website:
This website explains the definition of, as well as the common  misconception  of the term. The website also communicates that the stock can e used y companies in order to raise money in order to invest in new projects or other ventures.

What i learned from this website:
What i learned form this website is that the initial definition  of stock is often  misconceived. Usually in  the sense that it is a share of ownership within a company.

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You have probably heard a popular definition of what a stock is: "A stock is a share in the ownership of a company. Stock represents a claim on the company's assets and earnings. As you acquire more stock, your ownership stake in the company becomes greater." Unfortunately, this definition is incorrect in some key ways.

To start with, stock holders do not own corporations; they own shares issued by corporations. But corporations are a special type of organization because the law treats them as legal persons. In other words, corporations file taxes, can borrow, can own property, can be sued, etc. The idea that a corporation is a "person" means that the corporation owns its own assets. A corporate office full of chairs and tables belong to the corporation, and not to the shareholders.

This distinction is important because corporate property is legally separated from the property of shareholders, which limits the liability of both the corporation and the shareholder. If the corporation goes bankrupt, a judge may order all of its assets sold - but your personal assets are not at risk. The court cannot even force you to sell your shares, although the value of your shares will have fallen drastically. Likewise, if a major shareholder goes bankrupt, she cannot sell the company's assets to pay off her creditors.

What shareholders own are shares issued by the corporation; and the corporation owns the assets. So if you own 33% of the shares of a company, it is incorrect to assert that you own one-third of that company; it is instead correct to state that you own 100% of one-third of the company's shares. Shareholders cannot do as they please with a corporation or its assets. A shareholder can't walk out with a chair because the corporation owns that chair, not the shareholder. This is known as the "separation of ownership and control."
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So what good are shares, then, if they aren't actually the ownership rights we think they are? Owning stock gives you the right to vote in shareholder meetings, receive dividends (which are the company's profits) if and when they are distributed, and it gives you the right to sell your shares to somebody else.

If you own a majority of shares, your voting power increases so that you can indirectly control the direction of a company by appointing its board of directors. This becomes most apparent when one company buys another: the acquiring company doesn't go around buying up the building, the chairs, the employees; it buys up all the shares. The board of directors is responsible for increasing the value of the corporation, and often does so by hiring professional managers, or officers, such as the Chief Executive Officer, or CEO.

For ordinary shareholders, not being able to manage the company isn't such a big deal. The importance of being a shareholder is that you are entitled to a portion of the company's profits, which, as we will see, is the foundation of a stock's value. The more shares you own, the larger the portion of the profits you get. Many stocks, however, do not pay out dividends, and instead reinvest profits back into growing the company. These retained earnings, however, are still reflected in the value of a stock.

Stocks - sometimes referred to as equity or equities - are issued by companies to raise capital in order to grow the business or undertake new projects. There are important distinctions between whether somebody buys shares directly from the company when it issues them (in the primary market) or from another shareholder (on the secondary market). When the corporation issues shares, it does so in return for money.

Companies can instead raise money through borrowing, either directly as a loan from a bank, or by issuing debt, known as bonds. Bonds are fundamentally different from stocks in a number of ways. First, bondholders are creditors to the corporation, and are entitled to interest as well as repayment of principal. Creditors are given legal priority over other stakeholders in the event of a bankruptcy and will be made whole first if a company is forced to sell assets in order to repay them. Shareholders, on the other hand, are last in line and often receive nothing, or mere pennies on the dollar, in the event of bankruptcy. This implies that stocks are inherently riskier investments that bonds.

The same is true on the upside: bondholders are only entitled to receive the return given by the interest rate agreed upon by the bond, while shareholders can enjoy returns generated by increasing profits, theoretically to infinity. The greater risk attributed to stocks has generally been rewarded by the market. Stocks have historically returned around 8-10% annualized, while bonds return 5-7%.

Stocks Basics: Different Types Of Stocks

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You have probably heard a popular definition of what a stock is: "A stock is a share in the ownership of a company. Stock represents a claim on the company's assets and earnings. As you acquire more stock, your ownership stake in the company becomes greater."

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This website talks about stock, in particular the stock market and how it works. It also goes on to talk about the two sections of the mark, which are known as the primary market and the secondary market. It then describes the concept of the "IPO" (initial public offering).

What i learned form this website:
What i learned from this website is the definition of the stock market. The stock market is a place where company equity trades take place

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What Is the Stock Market?

The term stock market refers to several exchanges in which shares of publicly held companies are bought and sold. Such financial activities are conducted through formal exchanges and via over-the-counter (OTC) marketplaces that operate under a defined set of regulations.

Both "stock market" and "stock exchange" are often used interchangeably. Traders in the stock market buy or sell shares on one or more of the stock exchanges that are part of the overall stock market.

The leading U.S. stock exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq.

Key Takeaways

Understanding the Stock Market

The stock market allows buyers and sellers of securities to meet, interact, and transact. The markets allow for price discovery for shares of corporations and serve as a barometer for the overall economy. Buyers and sellers are assured of a fair price, high degree of liquidity, and transparency as market participants compete in the open market.

The first stock market was the London Stock Exchange which began in a coffeehouse, where traders met to exchange shares, in 1773. The first stock exchange in the United States began in Philadelphia in 1790. The Buttonwood Agreement, so named because it was signed under a buttonwood tree, marked the beginning of New York's Wall Street in 1792. The agreement was signed by 24 traders and was the first American organization of its kind to trade in securities. The traders renamed their venture the New York Stock and Exchange Board in 1817.

A stock market is a regulated and controlled environment. In the United States, the main regulators include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

The earliest stock markets issued and dealt in paper-based physical share certificates. Today, stock markets operate electronically.

How the Stock Market Works

Stock markets provide a secure and regulated environment where market participants can transact in shares and other eligible financial instruments with confidence, with zero to low operational risk. Operating under the defined rules as stated by the regulator, the stock markets act as primary markets and secondary markets.

As a primary market, the stock market allows companies to issue and sell their shares to the public for the first time through the process of an initial public offering (IPO). This activity helps companies raise necessary capital from investors.

A company divides itself into several shares and sells some of those shares to the public at a price per share. To facilitate this process, a company needs a marketplace where these shares can be sold and this is achieved by the stock market. A listed company may also offer new, additional shares through other offerings at a later stage, such as through rights issues or follow-on offerings. They may even buy back or delist their shares.

Investors will own company shares in the expectation that share value will rise or that they will receive dividend payments or both. The stock exchange acts as a facilitator for this capital-raising process and receives a fee for its services from the company and its financial partners.Using the stock exchanges, investors can also buy and sell securities they already own in what is called the secondary market.

The stock market or exchange maintains various market-level and sector-specific indicators, like the S&P (Standard & Poor's) 500 index and the Nasdaq 100 index, which provide a measure to track the movement of the overall market.

What Are the Functions of a Stock Market?

The stock market ensures price transparency, liquidity, price discovery, and fair dealings in trading activities.

The stock market guarantees all interested market participants have access to data for all buy and sell orders, thereby helping in the fair and transparent pricing of securities. The market also ensures efficient matching of appropriate buy and sell orders.

Stock markets need to support price discovery where the price of any stock is determined collectively by all of its buyers and sellers. Those qualified and willing to trade should get instant access to place orders and the market ensures that the orders are executed at a fair price.

Traders on the stock market include market makers, investors, traders, speculators, and hedgers. An investor may buy stocks and hold them for the long term, while a trader may enter and exit a position within seconds. A market maker provides necessary liquidity in the market, while a hedger may trade in derivatives.

How Stock Markets Are Regulated

Most nations have a stock market, and each is regulated by a local financial regulator or monetary authority, or institute. The SEC is the regulatory body charged with overseeing the U.S. stock market.

The SEC is a federal agency that works independently of the government and without political pressure. The mission of the SEC is stated as "protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation."

Companies listed on the stock market exchanges are regulated, and their dealings are monitored by the SEC. In addition, the exchanges set certain requirements such as mandating timely filing of quarterly financial reports and instant reporting of relevant corporate developments, to ensure that all market participants are equally informed.

Failure to adhere to the regulations can lead to suspension of trading and other disciplinary measures.

What Is the Significance of the Stock Market?

The stock market is a component of a free-market economy. It allows companies to raise money by offering stock shares and corporate bonds and allows investors to participate in the financial achievements of the companies, make profits through capital gains, and earn income through dividends. The stock market works as a platform through which savings and investments of individuals are efficiently channeled into productive investment opportunities and add to the capital formation and economic growth of the country.

What Is an Alternate Trading System?

Alternative trading systems are venues for matching large buy and sell transactions and are not regulated like exchanges. Dark pools and many cryptocurrency exchanges are private exchanges or forums for securities and currency trading and operate within private groups.

Who Helps an Investor Trade on the Stock Market?

Stockbrokers act as intermediaries between the stock exchanges and the investors by buying and selling stocks and portfolio managers are professionals who invest portfolios, or collections of securities, for clients. Investment bankers represent companies in various capacities, such as private companies that want to go public via an IPO or companies that are involved in pending mergers and acquisitions.

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What Is the Stock Market, What Does It Do, and How Does It Work?

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The stock market consists of exchanges in which stock shares and other financial securities of publicly held companies are bought and sold.

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This image represents inflation rate. Inflation can affect stock prices  of any company for better or for worse. if the inflation rate decreases for housing prices, people may star to support house/construction companies.

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This image shows Domino's pizza stock market and chart. At this moment it is doing well. However the stock value of any company can change at any given time. This means you to choose wisely before in investing in stock markets.

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