Equity Market

Equity markets are the meeting point for buyers and sellers of stocks. The securities traded in the equity market can either be public stocks, which are those listed on the stock exchange, or privately traded stocks.

When companies are born they are private companies, and after a certain t...

• It means investing in common stock, which is another way to describe business ownership or business equity.
• When you own equity (the value of the shares issued by a company) in a business, you are entitled to a share of the profit or losses generated by that company's operatin...

In the equity market, investors bid for stocks by offering a certain price, and sellers ask for a specific price. When these two prices match, a sale occurs. Often, there are many investors bidding on the same stock. When this occurs, the first investor to place the bid is the first to get the st...