the.com/markets
Where collective hopes, fears, and greed agree on a number for now.
means Systems where buyers and sellers exchange goods, services, or assets, setting prices through supply and demand.
from From Latin mercatus, trade, via Old North French market — once a literal town square where fish, livestock, and gossip changed hands.
Mood swingsPrices move on emotion as much as math.
Old rootsStandardized markets predate writing by millennia.
Invisible handAdam Smith's metaphor, used just three times in his work.