A Study Of Stock Markets Including Types Of Stocks, Participants, And Stock Exchanges Around The World

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A stock market or equity market is a public market for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed ... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A stock market or equity market is a public market for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. The stocks are listed and traded on stock exchanges which are entities of a corporation or mutual organization specialized in the business of bringing buyers and sellers of the organizations to a listing of stocks and securities together. The largest stock market in the United States, by market cap, is the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE. In Canada, the largest stock market is the Toronto Stock Exchange. Major European examples of stock exchanges include the London Stock Exchange, Paris Bourse, and the Deutsche Borse. Asian examples include the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the Bombay Stock Exchange. This book studies stock market including preferred stocks, golden shares, floor traders, broker-dealers, and NASDAQ. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less