| | [[File:Dow1925-2009.jpg|400px|thumb|Dow Jones index since 1925, in constant 2009 dollars; it covers 30 industrials on the New York Stock Exchange ]] | | [[File:Dow1925-2009.jpg|400px|thumb|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 [[stock|stocks]], or jointly held and publicly traded shares of a [[corporation]]s. 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. | + | A '''stock market''' is a list of [[stock|stocks]], or jointly held and publicly traded shares of a [[corporation]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/investing/glossary/s/stock-market|title=Stock Market|last=Harvey|first=Campbell R.|year=2011|work=Financial Glossary|publisher=[[NASDAQ]]|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> 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. Other major cities in industrailized countries have stock exchanges, including "London, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong, Toronto and Tokyo."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockexchangesecrets.com/stock-exchange.html|title=What Is A Stock Exchange And What Does It Do?|year=2014|publisher=SES|accessdate=30 October 2014|quote=Most of the world’s industrialized nations have one or more stock exchanges. Among the largest are those in London, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong, Toronto and Tokyo.}}</ref> |