WHAT IS THE STOCK EXCHANGE?
Stocks are bought and sold at the exchange through brokers who work for companies that are allowed to be at the exchange. It is not a supermarket of stocks open to the public. A person looking to buy or sell stocks contacts a broker working for one of the companies that is allowed in the exchange and places an order to buy or sell a particular stock or bond.That broker contacts his company’s employee at the exchange to tell that employee to buy/sell a particular stock at a particular price. The employee finds someone at the exchange who wants to sell/buy that same stock for that same price and they make a deal. Prices of stocks are posted all day long and teh prices change during the day. The agreed upon price for any deal may equal the listed value of be some other price they agree upon.
Securities Traded at the Stock Exchange Market Functions of the Stock Exchange Market Characteristics of the Stock Exchange Market Structures of Stock Exchange Markets Through out the World Assets Traded on the Stock Exchange Market Short Term Business Assets Investment Funds Ways to Operate at the Stock Exchange
