People started buying and selling pieces of companies like they were toys. A long time ago, people traded things like grain or cloth. But when businesses grew bigger, some people wanted to trade parts of those companies instead, that’s the start of the stock market! It was first in a place called the Netherlands, where people used paper to show who owned parts of businesses. This made trading easier and faster.
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- You can now buy a tiny part of Apple or Google from your phone.
- It all began with people wanting to share the cost and rewards of big businesses.
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See also
- Why Do We Have Different Kinds of Taxes?
- Why Do Prices Change So Much?
- Why Do We Use Money Instead of Bartering?
- Why Do Prices Go Up So Much When There's a Shortage?
- Why Do We Have Different Kinds of Coins?
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