why does the value of currency, stocks, and stuff change over time?

Question

I’ve read about these concepts and constantly hear them but I still don’t understand how money/assets fluctuations happen

In: Economics

Answer 1

Supply and demand. When people purchase stocks, the value typically increases. When they sell, they go down. When people panic and sell it all, they crash.

Currency is much more detailed and, quite honestly, I don’t know enough about currency fluctuations to reach it to anyone, so I’ll let a more familiar commenter give it a whirl.