I understand that of course currency and stock prices can change as a result of a multitude of factors, financial ones and socioeconomic ones.
But some computer program must change the numbers we see on the screen when we look up a stock price? They’re constantly changing so surely there are programs written to make those changes? But who is running those programs? How do they access news reports when there’s bad news and make the prices go down?
In: Economics
When you go to buy stock, you can put in whatever price you’re willing to pay per share, and how many shares you want to buy.
When you go to sell stock you can put in whatever price you’re willing to accept, and how many shares you’re offering.
When the sell price is less than or equal to the buy price, the transaction happens and the price gets updated.
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