You can check the value of stocks share online, in apps on your phone etc… But what is that value really? And how do we know on real time how the value has changed.
For example, if a company increases profits its value in the stocks will increase, but what is recording the incomes of the company? Is it connected to a similar system that the bank uses to store money? Is it similar to an internet network?
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The value is literally how much you want to pay for it and how much the other guy wants to sell you for. The number you get in the app or whatever is usually the last price that someone paid for.
You can sell your stock however much you want, if it’s too high then nobody would be buying. If it’s too low then you’re losing money.
Company profit doesn’t directly affect the stock price itself but when the company makes more money, more people want to buy stock and fewer want to sell(opposite if the company is doing bad) driving the price up as people are willing to pay more for the stock thus increase the “Value” you get from the app.
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