What is the stock market?

I prefer it

There is more to eat!

It tastes nicer

It looks better

It costs more

It is advertised and I would like to try it

You could buy and sell

There is a shopkeeper

It has opening and

closing hours

You are a “price taker”

You don’t consume the item, but

attempt to make money out of it

You can’t walk into it and test the goods

Nobody owns it and takes all the

profits!!

They both involve similar buying decisions!!

You can buy and sell goods

(ownership in companies)

There is a shop keeper

(a stockbroker)

It opens and closes

(fixed times every day)

You can’t control the price

(you are a price taker)

Instead of eating the produce, you can sell

them back

(selling part of the company to somebody else)

You can’t walk into it, but you can window

shop!

(just like eBay)

Nobody owns it!!

Name a few HUGE companies ( e.g.

McDonald’s)

What do they sell? (e.g. millions of burgers)

Think of how much money they make (e.g.

billions)

You can have a slice of the action by buying

a portion of that company in the stock

market