What is the stock market?
Million Bazillion
Marketplace
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Companies need money to grow, and there’s a way for them to get it: the stock market. They can sell a little piece of their company, called a share or stock, to regular people. If the company grows, those people get to keep some of the money it makes. Of course, there’s no guarantee that a company will grow — that’s what makes putting your money in the stock market risky. On this week’s episode, we’ll explain how it all works with the help of some Dutch spice traders, comfy sneakers, a bull … and a bear! Got a money problem? Tell us about it at Marketplace.org/million.
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, silver dollars scouts. Excellent job pitching those tents. Have we deposited enough combustible resources into the repository? |
| 0:08.0 | Yes, sir. |
| 0:09.0 | Combustible what now? |
| 0:12.0 | Combustible resources. He means firewood. |
| 0:14.0 | Camp operating officer Bridget. What's next on the business agenda? |
| 0:18.0 | Well, we pan for gold. No luck there. |
| 0:21.0 | I found a shoelace. |
| 0:22.0 | Dollar bill or a gummy? Check. |
| 0:25.0 | Fishing for dinner. Moderate success. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm a vegetarian. |
| 0:30.0 | Right. Good thing we have supplies to make s'mores. |
| 0:33.0 | You mean bazillionaires bounty? |
| 0:36.0 | Yes, sorry. Bazillionaires bounty. |
| 0:39.0 | Let's see. Fair repellence out. Full trap has been set. |
| 0:43.0 | Bullie. Looks like we're on schedule. |
| 0:45.0 | Very good. I'm proud of the work you did today, silver dollars scouts. |
| 0:49.0 | Tomorrow's another big day, so get some shut eye. |
| 0:53.0 | But it's only like seven o'clock. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, the early bird gets the worm. |
| 0:57.0 | Hill, why is that a saying? |
| 0:59.0 | Come on, Jed. There are babies at the campsite next door that aren't even going to bed yet. |
| 1:03.0 | Fine. What do you propose we do to pass the time? |
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