Session 6: Understanding the stock market

Learning outcomes

Person sitting on a globe. Stock market trades in red and green go by.

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By completing this session, you will be able to describe:

  • What a stock market does.

  • Risk associated with investment in a stock market.

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6.1 Why do I need to know what a stock market is?