Article: 5 Things To Know About The Stock Market

5 Things To Know About The Stock Market

50% Of U.S. Households Invest In The Stock Market

Individuals invest in the stock market directly, through mutual funds, their pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401k's, IRA's, etc.



Mutual Funds Dominate The Market

It is mainly the mutual funds, buying and selling, who move the market and cause individual stocks to go up and down. Mutual funds are the 800-pound gorillas of the stock market; at the end of 2003, mutual funds held more than $3 trillion dollars worth of stocks.



The Dow Jones Average Is Not The Stock Market

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is comprised of only 30 selected stocks. In reality, there are more than 7,000 different stocks listed on the 3 major U.S. stock exchanges. That makes it quite possible that, in a given tim...
 

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5 Things To Know About The Stock Market

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