The Stock Market in Simple Terms

Mission Brief #54

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Trade-offs everywhere — find them.

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Cheap for you usually means expensive for someone else.

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The stock market is where people buy and sell shares of companies. Good company performance tends to raise stock prices; poor performance tends to lower them.

Key facts

Remember these

1Money is a medium of exchange.
2Needs are different from wants.
3Supply and demand affect prices.

Then & Now

💱 Every receipt you've ever seen has this idea inside it.

Question 1 of 2

What is trade?

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Question 2 of 2

What is an opportunity cost?

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