exchange
Stock exchange is a place where stocks and shares in businesses are publicly bought and sold.
Most investors purchase stock markets(or exchanges)
When a firm is taken private, the stock cannot be bought or sold on the public exchange. This is called making the stocks illiquid.
An ancient market is a place where goods are bought and sold. In Greece it was called an agora and in Rome it was called a forum.
The New York Stock Exchange.
Marketable securities are stocks, bonds, and derivatives which are sold and bought in a public market such as a stock exchange.
No. The security must be sold in the same market that it was bought in. Ex: In India you can buy stocks in both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) If you buy stocks of XYZ Ltd from BSE you can sell it only in BSE and not NSE
This is a place where things are bought and sold.
Stocks bought and sold in increments of 100 shares are referred to as "round lots".
Stock market is a term used to refer to any place where stocks are bought and sold. The physical place where the actual trade in stocks happens is called a stock exchange. In India, there are two main stock exchanges - Bombay Stock Exchange or the BSE and National Stock Exchange or the NSE. Traditionally, you or your broker had to be present on the floor of the exchange to buy or sell stocks. These days, however, people make use of online stock trading platforms for this purpose. Many companies offer online stock trading platforms where investors can buy and sell stocks.
Theoretically the money goes to the company whose stocks you have bought. But, pratically it goes to the person who sold the stocks. When you buy the stocks you buy ownership of that company from the person who already held it. It is like transfer of ownership.