The stock market is a non-tangible network of trading of company stock at agreed upon prices.  Maybe you are familiar with the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) which is where the feet hit the pavement.  51 million investors trading 400 million shares a day, and bouncing around approximately 10 billion dollars.

Stock in its simplest meaning is merely a term for “supply”.  In the stock market, this “supply” is the amount of money the company has raised.  The money raised is from individuals like you and I that give their money in hopes that the company will grow the money and give us the difference, aka profit.

Buying stock means you’ve purchased a piece of a company.  Depending on the amount of your purchase, you have some percentage of ownership.  This entitles you to voting on company decisions and key information such as annual reports and organization changes.

Recent media outlets have shown us that the people on the front line of the stock market make insane amounts of money (millions), even in the recession and government bailout periods.  Even with this brief lesson and what you “think” you know about the stock market, do you feel you truly understand the stock market?  If it is as simple as buying and selling of stock, why are people making millions of dollars?  Share you insight with the surveymagnet audience…

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