Shares
The stock market is where the shares of a public company can be bought or sold by anyone.
APPEALING MARKET
Primary Stocks Market
The Primary Market is where companies come public for the first time. It is the moment when anybody is allowed to trade on their shares. Having a good first moment in public leads to better moments in the future of the company. It opens several doors to investors to invest even more capital which leads to the raise of the price of the company stocks. The primary market is dominated by the larger investment institutes such as investment banks, hedge funds, etc. The stocks market has founded themselves as a free-market economy. This market offers the opportunity to traders and investors to trade on pieces of the company, without the need of owning the shares.
A MATURE MARKET
Secondary Stocks Market
After stocks are issued in primary market as a first step, they are bought and sold by investors and traders in the secondary market. Here, stocks are traded among traders and investors, while the company itself is not part of the transaction. Selling and buying of shares that are already owned by investors is the typical idea of the stock market
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OTC Market
The OTC market is known as a market where traders can buy and sell shares in a decentralized manner. Decentralized means that the process is carried out between the trader and the broker through the trading platform. The OTC market is usually reserved for stocks that are not normally listed on a stock exchange.