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Module 01 · 4 chapters

Getting started in the stock market

A stock market exists so companies can raise money and so people can later buy and sell a claim on those companies. This chapter explains that job, why idle cash loses purchasing power, and what a market still cannot promise.

  1. 01Why the stock market exists
  2. 02What a share represents
  3. 03Brokers, depositories, and your account
  4. 04From order to settlement