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Stock Market Basics
Start here. Shares, exchanges, order types, and why spreading money across holdings changes the shape of your risk.
- 01
What a share actually is
A share is a fractional ownership claim on a company's future profits and assets — not a lottery ticket with a ticker symbol.
8 min
- 02
Exchanges, brokers, and the order book
An exchange is a matching engine for buyers and sellers. Understanding the bid-ask spread explains most beginner surprises about fills.
9 min
- 03
Order types and what they promise
Market orders promise execution, limit orders promise price. You never get both promises at once.
10 min
- 04
Diversification and the risk you cannot remove
Spreading holdings removes company-specific risk almost for free. It never removes market-wide risk — and that is the point.
9 min