Could someone please explain the whole enire stock market thing to me?

Question

Hi, I know this sounds like a really dumb question, but I really have no idea how the stock market works... What are shares? How does the stock market go up and down, how many shares are in one company? How many companies have shares? Can you invest more money in one share in one company than another person who invests less money in the same company? I am really lost, so please, please try to explain it to me? Thank you so much!

Answer 1

This is a very broad question, which cannot be answered in a paragraph or two. I suggest you do your own research by starting with Google and Wikipedia. Just search for some key words like stocks, stock market, shares and etc.