
The stock market is a marketplace where buyers and sellers trade shares of publicly listed companies. When you buy a share, you purchase a small ownership stake in that company. As the company grows and becomes more profitable, the value of your shares can rise — and when it struggles, they may fall.
There are two primary markets every trader must understand:
• Primary Market: Where companies raise capital by issuing new shares to the public for the first time through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).
• Secondary Market: Where investors buy and sell shares among themselves after the IPO. This is where most daily trading activity takes place — on exchanges like the NYSE and NASDAQ.
This book will teach you Stock Trade Works.