How do stocks make money?
Million Bazillion
Marketplace
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal needs a bit of help doing his classic “The Numbers” stock market segment so Ryan jumps in to save the day. The only problem is, he has no idea what any of it means. Ryan and Bridget head to Wall Street to learn about the stock market and answer Aditya’s question: how do stocks make money? Things get competitive as the duo try investing in stocks for themselves and see who can make more money.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, bazillionaires. Welcome back to another episode of Million Bazillion, presented in partnership with Greenlight, the debit card and money app for kids and teens. Today, Bridget and Ryan are diving into the stock market and looking at how investing actually works. |
| 0:18.1 | With Greenlight, kids can use in-app educational tools to learn about the stock |
| 0:22.3 | market and key concepts like dividends and diversification, all in a kid-friendly way. Help your kids |
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| 0:40.6 | Slip two and a5% on the day. |
| 0:42.1 | Those Macy's results we heard about on the way into. |
| 0:42.6 | Oh, there he is. |
| 0:45.8 | Hey, Ryan. |
| 0:46.6 | Oh, man, here we are |
| 0:48.0 | at another day. |
| 0:49.1 | Sh, Bridget, I'm listening to some old episodes |
| 0:51.3 | of Marketplace. |
| 0:52.3 | This is my favorite part |
| 0:53.3 | when Kai does the numbers segment. You're listening to some old episodes of Marketplace. This is my favorite part when Kai does the numbers segment. |
| 0:55.4 | You're listening to Marketplace. Okay, what was that you were going to say? |
| 1:01.1 | Oh, I was just feeling really grateful that we have another day of work here at Marketplace Headquarters, |
| 1:05.8 | where intrepid reporters cover the fast-breaking financial and economic news that's shaping our world today. |
| 1:11.2 | And we at Million Bazillion explain things like bank interest to children by juggling bananas. |
| 1:17.0 | We've got pizzazz, but no one here can top the smooth delivery of Kai Rizdahl delivering his daily numbers. |
| 1:25.6 | Bridgett, Ryan. |
| 1:26.8 | Marketplace host, Kai Rizdahl. What's up? Oh, Kai, hi. |
| 1:32.0 | I need your help. In 30 seconds, I'm supposed to deliver Marketplace's beloved segment |
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