Chapter 4 - Stock Markets : Introduction

STOCK MARKET

The world of investments is a fascinating one. It is fascinating because all of us have a deep driving desire to improve the quality of our life so that we may pursue activities in addition to the work we all do. To fund all these we always seem to need more money and ‘stocks and shares’ seem to be one way of achieving that.

This chapter will introduce you to these very instruments we call as stocks or shares. And the market in which shares are traded is referred as stock markets.