The stock market lets institutional and individual investors trade shares of public companies. Learn how it works, why prices move, and how investors buy and sell shares.

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Net change measures a security's price difference from one day to the next. Learn its role in stock analysis, how it's used in charting, and its impact on investing decisions.

More than a step-by-step stock market for beginners, inspiration from two new investors on overcoming their fears and how they got started investing. Don’t miss the entire start investing story here ...

Yet, most beginners today enter the market with impatience, before they even understand what patience really means. They ...