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Eric Williams
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Investing in the Stock Market: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners

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AuthorEric Williams
PublisherIndependently Published
PublishedMay 04 2019
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139781096832850
Dimensions9 X 6 X 0.25 inches
Weight 0.38 pounds
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CategoriesBusiness & Economics > Investments & Securities - Analysis & Trading Strategies
LanguageEnglish

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What is the Stock Market?A certain friend once had a speculative idea, of the stock market being a center where people screamed all day. He also strongly believed that it was some sort of financial battlefield, where you killed or escaped with bruises. Thanks to the advent of technology, the stock market is technically virtual and physically safe.A stock market is a place for the financially wise and disciplined, who are willing to make investments for a substantial reward. In the subsequent paragraphs, the rudiments of trading on the stock market will be extensively discussed. What it is, the way it works, its history and evolution, and why you need to invest in it. The stock market, also called an equity or share market, can be likened to a globalized market place. But in this case, the goods and services [virtual] provided primarily, are termed 'stocks'- stocks are basically, shares of a company. Picture an apple pie, representing a company - each slice translates to a company's share value, a bigger pie promises a generous slice.Stocks, albeit its popularity, are not traded solely on the stock market. Other financial securities are involved. This could be corporate bonds, exchange-traded funds, etc. The perks of owning a share lie in the ability of the company to rake in profits. As stated in the apple pie analogy, buying stocks is a little risk dependent. But, greater risks, guarantees a greater reward.While stocks are said to be the shares in a company's ownership or profits, bonds are a debt owed by the company. Instead of taking a loan directly from a bank, a company [being a distinctive legal entity], can borrow from individuals. These individuals are said to have purchased a bond, and bonds pose fewer risks than stocks. A company facing bankruptcy would be forced to sell its assets to repay its debts, while its shareholders come last.The stock market, therefore, is simply a conglomerate of buyers, sellers and intermediaries trading stocks and other financial securities. A booming stock market is essential to overall economic stability as it allows companies to access funds from the masses. A total of about $69 trillion are traded on the stock market a year, surpassing the entire world economy.So, while money makes the world go round, the stock market is the pedestal on which it rotates.

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Eric Williams, in full Eric Eustace Williams, (born Sept. 25, 1911, Port of Spain, Trinidad—died March 29, 1981, St. Anne, near Port of Spain), first and longtime prime minister of independent Trinidad and Tobago (1962–81), who founded (1956) the People’s National Movement (PNM) and led his country to independence.

Williams was educated at Queen’s Royal College, Port of Spain, and at the University of Oxford, from which he received a B.A. in 1932 and a D.Phil. in 1938, with studies in history and political science. In 1939 he went to the United States and joined the faculty of social and political science at Howard University. While he was at Howard, Williams became associated with the Caribbean Commission that was established by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands in an effort to coordinate the economic development of the Caribbean area. His aggressive, commanding role in the commission, however, tended to alienate the national powers, especially the United States, and in 1955–56 he organized the PNM party, which won the 1956 general elections. He became chief minister in the country’s first party government, and, with the achievement of internal self-government in 1959, he served as premier. The PNM won the December 1961 elections by a landslide. Williams became prime minister of the colony and then of the new nation upon its achieving independence in August 1962. He made the country a republic in 1976.

As prime minister, Williams practiced what was called “pragmatic socialism,” which stressed social services, improved education, and economic development through the cautious attraction of foreign investment capital. The policy was fruitful in making Trinidad and Tobago the wealthiest Commonwealth Caribbean nation. He was successively reelected and served as prime minister until his death.

Williams was the author of a number of books, among which were The Negro in the Caribbean (1942), Capitalism and Slavery (1944), History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago (1962), British Historians and the West Indies (1964), Inward Hunger: The Education of a Prime Minister (1969), and From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492–1969 (1970).

Source: Britannica.com

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