How Does the Stock Market Work? (Stocks, Exchanges, IPOs, and More)

Investing in the stock market can seem like a scary prospect for a generation of young adults that have 2 cents in their pocket and a 100,000 dollar loan for a degree they don't use. But when it's done right, you can take that 2 cents, turn it into three cents, and well, that's more than you had yesterday – and isn't that the goal?

In all seriousness, the stock market is often perceived as a big scary abyss of money that eats unsuspecting investors alive and is the path to a magnitude of wealth for those that understand it. While those perceptions can be true, understanding the stock market and succeeding in making money with it is far easier than you might expect.

In order to understand the stock market, let's take a look at all of its facets.

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