Thursday, March 19, 2009

What is Stock Exchange?

Marketplace where brokers and dealers meet to buy and sell stocks of publicly traded companies on behalf of investors.

A market in which securities are bought and sold. Its basic function is to enable public companies, governments and local authorities to raise capital by selling securities to investors.

An organized marketplace where members gather to trade securities. Members may act either as agents for customers, or as principals for their own accounts.

What is Finance?

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important.

1. The commercial activity of providing funds and capital
2. Obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
3.
Sell or provide on credit



What is Forex Exchange?

The foreign exchange market, where brokerage firms and banks are connected over an electronic network that allows them to convert the currencies

What is Forex?

The simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another