what are stock markets how to buy them how to calculate stock price changes how to read stock market tables
Learning objective:
Stock Markets are where people buy and sell stocks and shares. Stocks and shares are pieces of a company that people can buy and sell. People buy stocks and shares to make money by selling them at a higher price.
Stock Markets Explained
What are benefits to buying Stocks?
What are the 2 main functions of the stock market?
- To get $ from the public to run their business
- To sell things in your house you don't want anymore
- To allow the public to earn $ from businesses they invest in
- To get rich quick
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What is a stock market and how does it work?
What is a stock market?
- A store that sells socks
- A park with swings and slides
- A type of fish
- A place where people buy and sell stocks
What does it mean to buy shares of a company?
- To borrow money from the company
- To receive free products from the company
- To become a partial owner of the company
- To work for the company as an employee
What is a stock exchange?
- A marketplace where stocks are traded
- A type of fast food restaurant
- A place to exchange trading cards
- A building where people live together
Stock Market Simulation
$1000 Use $900 to Invest in 3 stocks Charge 1% commission for every stock you buy or sell Journal your transactions
What Stocks do I buy?
Pick Companies you are familiar with Select Companies/Brands you or your family uses
How do I buy Stocks?
Find the stock's closing price Figure out how many shares you can buy with $900
# of shares = Money you have / Stock's closing price
Selling Stocks and Making Money