Stock markets are places where buyers and sellers of stock meet to trade. Most trading takes place today via electronic trading.
Stock market indexes give an overview to how the stock market is “doing.”
Stock prices change moment to moment according to supply and demand. There are many factors influencing prices, the most important of which is expectations about earnings. Still, there is no consensus as to why stock prices move the way they do.
There are a number of different order types, and the type of order you use will depend on whether you are more concerned with price or with completing your order.
Bulls are optimistic and bull markets are defined by increasing stock prices. Bears are pessimists and bear markets occur when prices fall.
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