World Share Market is one of the most happening markets of the world. It is dynamic and discounts everything right from economical to political informations and considers market to be supreme.
Shares are certificates which gives ownership rights to the holder in the company concerned.
Share Market is an organized market where shares are issued and traded. These shares are either traded through Stock exchanges or Over-the-Counter in physical or electronic form.
Share Market plays an important role in channelizing capital from the investors to the business houses. This is one of the very important routes through which businesses, especially the small ones, get their funds for expansion.
Investors (general public, institutional investors comprising both domestic and the foreign ones, banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, etc.) invest in the share market with the hope of capital appreciation. Investment in Share Market is not restricted only to shares but might be in derivative products such as futures, options, etc. where the underlying assets are the company shares.
Investment in Share Markets are possible either through Stock Exchanges, or Over-the-Counter. Stock Exchanges are organized market places where stocks, bonds and other equivalents are traded between the buyers and sellers and the contracts are standardized ones. But in case of Over-the-Counter, the trade takes place through a network of dealers. Generally, the OTC contracts are bilateral customized contracts unlike the standardized ones.
There are two channels through which investment can be done in the share market, one is Primary Market and the other is Secondary Market. Primary Market deals with securities that are channelized through the Initial Public Offer (IPO) route. In the Secondary Market, investors trade the securities among themselves.
Share Market originated in USA in the early 18 th century. Shares gave a ownership right to its holders and also is a source of money making for them along with the growing of the company concerned. Congress met on Wall street in 1789 for authorizing issue of government bonds for financing the war costs. Businessmen of Wall Street regularly traded stocks and bonds among themselves and used to leave their securities with the auctioneers. The Auctioneer used to get a commission on every selling of the stocks and bonds. The need of an organized stock exchange arose along with the increase in the number of stocks and bonds.
On 17 th May 1792, 24 brokers came together and signed an inclusive document for enabling security trade among themselves for maintaining a fixed commission on these trades. This is considered as the foundation of NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). Some of the largest Stock Exchanges of the World Share Market are :-
Indian Share Market
Indian Share Market started functioning in the year 1875. The first trading association in India was was Native Share and Stock Broker's Association. Get detailed on Indian Share Market:
Mumbai Share Market
Mumbai Share Market is well known in the overall Indian Share Market scenario. Find an overview on Mumbai Share Market:
China Share Market
As to statistics, the market capitalization of the overall China Share Market upto May, 2007 is calculated at US$2.3 trillion.
Global Share Market
Global Share Market has been operating with the belief that market is supreme and discounts every incident regarding (domestic economy, world economy, specific company news, tips, etc.) around the globe.
Dhaka Share Market
Dubai Share Market
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