can some explain what is stocks??

[Tapshyon]

people are talking about buying gamestop and amc stocks but i just don't understand what it is. buying and selling stocks aren't very common in my environment, i mean my parents doesn't even know about it lol. it would be nice if someone can explain like the basic overall of what a stock is.

sorry for my bad grammar.

[KENJI]

a stock (share) is like a tiny bit of ownership of a company.
if you buy gamestop stock you buy like tiny amounts of gamestop and hope to make money.

but for real dude, wikipedia is your friend. read it up on your self.

[mikel3113]

Some companies are private, where you have an owner or co-owners and they own the business.

Then there's companies that go public, meaning that their owners keep a majority portion of the business but then issue stocks to be sold to the public. The stocks are basically small cuts of the pie that make up a company. Owning a stock is like owning a small portion of the company. You can invest in these companies by buying let's say 10 shares of the stock. If the company does good, typically The stock price will go up and you'll have 10 stocks in your pocket that are now worth $100 more than what you paid for them. You can keep loyal to the company and keep investing or you can cash out those stocks for cash, and at that point basically you'll have given the business a loan more or less.

On the flip side if a company does bad, their stock price will typically go down. If the company goes bankrupt, lawyers will get involved and the stock that is out in the public's hands will be agreed upon to be cashed out at a fraction of what the people bought it for and they will lose big time.

[Tapshyon]

Originalmente postado por KENJI:

a stock (share) is like a tiny bit of ownership of a company.
if you buy gamestop stock you buy like tiny amounts of gamestop and hope to make money.

but for real dude, wikipedia is your friend. read it up on your self.

yeah i already try searching it, but the language is too "professional" for me to understand. english isn't my first language and i don't know that much vocabulary haha

[Tapshyon]

Originalmente postado por mikel3113:

Some companies are private, where you have an owner or co-owners and they own the business.

Then there's companies that go public, meaning that their owners keep a majority portion of the business but then issue stocks to be sold to the public. The stocks are basically small cuts of the pie that make up a company. Owning a stock is like owning a small portion of the company. You can invest in these companies by buying let's say 10 shares of the stock. If the company does good, typically The stock price will go up and you'll have 10 stocks in your pocket that are now worth $100 more than what you paid for them. You can keep loyal to the company and keep investing or you can cash out those stocks for cash, and at that point basically you'll have given the business a loan more or less.

On the flip side if a company does bad, their stock price will typically go down. If the company goes bankrupt, lawyers will get involved and the stock that is out in the public's hands will be agreed upon to be cashed out at a fraction of what the people bought it for and they will lose big time.

so, more people buying, more money you get?

[BanOphobia My Struggle]

Is this because of the Gamestop/AMC stories flying about at the mo?

[Xero_Daxter]

I better invest on weapons when WW3 comes out.

[Tapshyon]

Originalmente postado por Tongue in Cheek Way of the Wang:

Is this because of the Gamestop/AMC stories flying about at the mo?

yeah lmao

[Tapshyon]

Originalmente postado por Degeneratus:

1 stock or share can be worth $5 or $10,000.

Then money or $ its worth can go up or down based on public opinion, shareholder opinion, or new buyer opinion.

Idea is you buy low and sell high. If a company fails you lose some or all your money if its still in stock/shares.

Buy when its worth $5. Sell when its worth $500. Its risky gambling business.

ahh okay, i think i get it now, thank you

[AdahnGorion]

Stocks are what the rich use to keep control.

It is a heaven for ie banks, mainly because they can manipulate them without consequences.

[mikel3113]

Originalmente postado por Tapshyon:

Originalmente postado por mikel3113:

Some companies are private, where you have an owner or co-owners and they own the business.

Then there's companies that go public, meaning that their owners keep a majority portion of the business but then issue stocks to be sold to the public. The stocks are basically small cuts of the pie that make up a company. Owning a stock is like owning a small portion of the company. You can invest in these companies by buying let's say 10 shares of the stock. If the company does good, typically The stock price will go up and you'll have 10 stocks in your pocket that are now worth $100 more than what you paid for them. You can keep loyal to the company and keep investing or you can cash out those stocks for cash, and at that point basically you'll have given the business a loan more or less.

On the flip side if a company does bad, their stock price will typically go down. If the company goes bankrupt, lawyers will get involved and the stock that is out in the public's hands will be agreed upon to be cashed out at a fraction of what the people bought it for and they will lose big time.

so, more people buying, more money you get?

It's way more complicated than that, but basically. That doesn't always work out that way though. There's a lot of market manipulation and strategies that break the traditional structure. there's something called futures trading and options trading, where people put bets on what the price will be for a given stock later down the road, or with options is kind of like buy insurance for your stocks. All of these layers influence the current stock price. Things happen very quickly and there's huge tax implications for buying and selling stocks. You can't just buy a stock one morning and sell it 2 hours later and then buy it again and sell it 2 hours later. If you do that over and over again you have to be taxed as a day trader. You'll get a whopping tax bill If you start doing stuff before you understand what you're doing.

I highly recommend you get into trading stocks when you're ready but I would avoid the current fiasco with GameStop and AMC all together even if you did know your way around the stocks for very many reasons.

Basically you missed the boat this time even if you wanted to try and play that dangerous game, but you should read the book "Random Walk down Wall Street" by Burton malkiel and " intelligent investor" by Benjamin Graham. Start there, do some research over the next few months, try it out with trading fake virtual stocks first on a virtual exchange to test your skills and to find your way around and then once you're loaded with the info you need to succeed then you could get into the game. People shoot themselves in the head over trading stocks when they make a wrong move. People lose their entire net worth, their house their car and are put in jail over stock trading. Don't get in over your head and do your research first.

[AdahnGorion]

Originalmente postado por Xero_Daxter:

I better invest on weapons when WW3 comes out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JITC1fo2HA

[Tapshyon]

Originalmente postado por mikel3113:

Originalmente postado por Tapshyon:

so, more people buying, more money you get?

It's way more complicated than that, but basically. That doesn't always work out that way though. There's a lot of market manipulation and strategies that break the traditional structure. there's something called futures trading and options trading, where people put bets on what the price will be for a given stock later down the road, or with options is kind of like buy insurance for your stocks. All of these layers influence the current stock price. Things happen very quickly and there's huge tax implications for buying and selling stocks. You can't just buy a stock one morning and sell it 2 hours later and then buy it again and sell it 2 hours later. If you do that over and over again you have to be taxed as a day trader. You'll get a whopping tax bill If you start doing stuff before you understand what you're doing.

I highly recommend you get into trading stocks when you're ready but I would avoid the current fiasco with GameStop and AMC all together even if you did know your way around the stocks for very many reasons.

Basically you missed the boat this time even if you wanted to try and play that dangerous game, but you should read the book "Random Walk down Wall Street" by Burton malkiel and " intelligent investor" by Benjamin Graham. Start there, do some research over the next few months, try it out with trading fake virtual stocks first on a virtual exchange to test your skills and to find your way around and then once you're loaded with the info you need to succeed then you could get into the game. People shoot themselves in the head over trading stocks when they make a wrong move. People lose their entire net worth, their house their car and are put in jail over stock trading. Don't get in over your head and do your research first.

yeah, i'm not actually gonna buy stocks lol, as i said before it's not that common for people buying stocks in my environment. i just see many memes about it and want to understand it more haha. but thanks for your answer :) might be useful for the future

[Grendalcat]

Here ya go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock

[King Narwhal]

The stock market is professional, legal gambling but takes longer and you don't have any influence over whether or not you win. Also, no cards involved.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

I actually own a stock in Disney lol

no I don't get any money or anything, its literally a gimmick because they are pretty worthless, but its funny to know I own a particle of Disney.

I can sell it right now for more than I paid for it but I would rather keep it because the certificate looks pretty neat lol