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Stock investments are one of the more popular
forms of investing. One can own shares either
directly or through funds, such as mutual funds.
Mutual funds, in fact, have become very popular,
with 37 percent of U.S. households having invested
in mutual funds in 1997 (up from 6 percent in
1979)
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Stock
market is a market in which shares of stock are
bought and sold. Usually, the trading takes place
either electronically (where an electronic market
program matches buyers and sellers) or through
brokers (where a broker, an individual, matches
buyers and sellers, either directly, or through
the electronic market program).
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Stock
market is also called equities market, share market,
or securities market (which may also be taken
to include other financial securities markets).
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Companies
traded on stock market are generally speaking
larger, more established companies.
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The companies usually have a history of operations,
which enables investors and analysts to figure
out how much the company is worth.
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Therefore, the stock market is usually not
a place for start-up companies to seek financing,
and normally these companies get funded through
venture capital financing or similar arrangements.
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Resources
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One of the key elements is stock investing
is to have a strategy. Strategy may include
rules or general ideas on what type of companies
to buy, how to value companies, when to sell,
and so on.
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The best education resources for stock investing
therefore prepare you to deal with formulating
your own strategy. There are also educators
that teach their own method of investing in
the marketplace.
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Educational formats include classroom teaching,
mentoring programs, seminars, and books (as
well as CDs/DVDs). There are also investing
games that let you try out your strategy without
any real financial risks.
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Some of the best resources for stock investing
education are the marketplaces themselves.
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For example, NYSE
(New York Stock Exchange) offers education publications
and NYSE sponsored classes on stock market investing.
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