Stock market

From Conservapedia

Dow Jones index since 1925, in constant 2009 dollars; it covers 30 industrials on the New York Stock Exchange

A stock market is a list of stocks, or jointly held and publicly traded shares of a corporations. The stocks usually bear some relation to each other: for example, in America, the Dow Jones Industrial Average market is a list of heavy industry and traditional American companies, whereas the Nasdaq consists mostly of technology-based stocks.

See also

• Wall Street

External links

• NYSE Euronext

Further reading

• Fraser, Steve. Wall Street: America's Dream Palace (2009) excerpt and text search