The stock market is a global network of exchanges where investors buy and sell shares of publicly traded companies. It functions as a marketplace for equity securities, providing liquidity, capital formation, and price discovery. By enabling companies to raise funds through the issuance of stock, and allowing investors to trade ownership stakes, the stock market […]
A fundamental measure of a company’s total market value Market capitalization, often abbreviated as market cap, is the total market value of a publicly traded company’s outstanding shares of stock. It is one of the most widely used metrics in finance for estimating the size and relative value of a corporation in the equity market.
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A stock exchange is a regulated marketplace where securities, including stocks, bonds, derivatives, and other financial instruments, are bought and sold. Stock exchanges facilitate capital formation by allowing companies to raise funds through public offerings while providing investors a platform to trade ownership stakes in publicly listed corporations. The operation of a stock exchange is