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Tiny ownership slices of a company, priced hourly by collective human mood swings.
means Shares representing partial ownership in a business, traded on markets and rising or falling with profits, hopes, and fears.
from From Old English stocc, a tree trunk or post — the solid base from which growth springs, later the capital stock funding a venture.
First exchangeAmsterdam, 1602, trading Dutch East India shares.
Word twistSame root as the medieval punishment stocks.
Long gameStocks historically beat bonds over decades.