What is the Stock Market?
Gamestop, Robinhood, and Options Trading...oh my! (10min read)
TL;DR
The stock market is a market for buying and selling ownership in public companies.
Companies sell stock in an initial public offering to raise capital to grow their business, and stock market investors buy, sell, and borrow stocks for profit.
Brokerages make money when you trade, and they make it easy as possible to do so. How financial firms make mo…
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