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A stock market, or (equity market), is a private or public market for the trading of company stock and derivatives of company stock at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market is estimated at about $36.6 trillion USD at the beginning of October 2008 . The world derivatives market has been estimated at about $480 trillion face or nominal value, 12 times the size of the entire world economy. Learn more about the stockmarket and its functions by clicking here   stock market for beginners.
 
 
Stock market has a rich history and it dates back to 11th century AD. According Wikipedia anonline encyclopedia Stockmarket history dates back to Jewish and Muslim Merchants who by then have set up every forms of Trade Associations and were in knowledge of many credit and payment methods. In the Year 1602 the Dutch East India Company issued first shares on Amsterdam Stock Exchange.It was the first company to issue stocks and Bonds. Amsterdam Stock Exchange also was the first to introduce many innovative services in the stock market like Short selling,options trading, speculative  Instruments,Merchant Banking etc.
Stock markets have a very rich history. It dates back to 11th century. People love stock market because it opens a very good and unique opportunity for them to make money. Stock market is fast displacing real estate from the most favorable investment option. Though it sees a slide or a crash people find it unique and love to make most of it.
Learn more about
 New york Stock Exchange NYSE and its history
 NASDAQ and its history
 BSE  and its history
 NSE  and its history
 Euronext and its history


To learn the stock market basics we must learn the trading of stock exchanges.There are number of participants in the stock market. From small investor to large hedge fund traders there are number of participants in a stock exchange. Stock exchanges follow two kinds of trading methods. First is open out cry and the other is virtual market. Let us learn more about both the methods.
New york Stock Exchange NYSE follows the open out cry method. This method is usually employed in Stock markets and Commodity exchanges  where the trading is done verbally. The offers and bids are done verbally. NYSE is a physical Exchange where trading can happen only on the shares listed there. Orders comes from the members to the specialist who goes to the floor trading post to trade stock. He will match the buy and sell offers using the open out cry method.
Nasdaq in America uses the Virtual market method where the trading is done with computer networks. It brings world together. Nasdaq is called virtual listed exchange.
To learn the basics of the stock market one must learn the trading of the stock markets. Stock market is a place where company stocks and derivatives are traded. In order to trade a company stock the stock must be listed in the stock exchanges. There are many exchanges in the world. Most important of the stock exchanges are NYSE, NASDAQ, Euronext, BSE, NSE etc.  Once listed the stock exchanges allow its members to actively trade in stocks. The stock market is controlled by various factors like government decisions,Economy indicators, Credit policies etc. Sometimes the Stock market behaves very irrationally. There are Bulls and Bears who dominate the market. Bulls push the stock market index up while bears wait for their opportunity to bring it down. There are people who specialise in short selling, Futures and options and speculations. To complete your learning of stock market basics you must learn the following factors.
Hedging
Short selling
Futures and options
Speculation
Long term Investment
Safe Investment
Short time Investment
Risk Factor
Behavior of the stock market.


 
 
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