Intro to Business › Section P · Financial management and securities markets › Topic P.7

Buying and selling securities, and market trends

A share bought on a phone app passes through brokers, exchanges and clearing systems in a fraction of a second. This topic follows how secondary trading works today, the indexes that summarise it, the laws and safeguards that police it, and the trends reshaping it.

In this topic

  • Where trading happens now
  • The NYSE and Nasdaq
  • How an order is filled
  • Worked example: the cost of a spread
  • Market indexes
  • Worked example: weighting changes the answer
  • Securities laws
  • Self-regulation and safeguards
  • Trends in finance and markets
  • Common mistakes to avoid
  • Key takeaways

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