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New York Stock Exchange, 1939.
紐約股票交易所在1939年時擠滿了人群

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紐約股票市場 (New York Stock Market) 於186514日在華爾街 (Wall Street) 開幕了

當你買進該家公司越多的股票,你就成為該家公司越大的股東。如果這間公司變得很受歡迎,那麼就會有更多人將他們的錢拿來買這間公司的股票,而股票的價格也會跟著上漲。如果公司變得乏人問津了,那個股票的價格也會隨著下滑。

債券的情形跟股票就不一樣了。債券是一種貸款,通常是由你居住的城市、州,或者是聯邦政府所發行的,政府機關在未來的特定日期裡會以付利息的方式買回這些債券。你知道股票和債券交易是怎麼開始的嗎?


The more stocks you buy the bigger the piece of the company you own. If the company becomes popular, many people will invest their money, buy more stock, and the price of the stock will go up. If the company becomes unpopular, the stock price will drop.

Bonds are different from stocks. Bonds are loans, usually made to your city, state, or the federal government, that are repaid with interest at a certain date in the future. Can you guess how the trading of stocks and bonds started?

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