Successful trading in the financial market requires a good understanding of the basics of the market. There are several classifications of securities. Some have already been described. Another type is based on terms of the pay-offs of the instruments. Money market and market of capital are examples.

Money market refers to the market of short-term (assets age of up to twelve months) promissory notes. Market of capital refers to market of long-term (assets age of more than twelve months) promissory notes. Market of capital is often referred to as the bond market (with its instruments having fixed expiry date). Stock market, on the other hand, does not have a fixed expiry date. These distinctions are important when you try to determine the best strategy for investments.

Having made these distinctions, what are the stock market basics? Buyers of shares are investing their funds into the company or entity who issued the stocks. In effect, share holders become owners of the company. Decision making in the company is a function of how much weight a share holder has depending upon the number of shares the holder owns. Greater the number of shares owned, greater the influence of the share holder in the decision making process of the company.

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Asian stock markets little changed as surging Chinese exports point to strong...
HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade.The region's major indexes were largely mixed as many markets fluctua...
World stock markets little changed even as surging Chinese exports point to s...
HONG KONG - World stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade. Asia's major indexes were mixed as many markets fluctuated for the second day in a row and European stocks opened without conviction in either direction.
Asian stock markets trade in narrow range again (AP via Yahoo! News)
Asian stock markets were little moved in early trading Wednesday after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of recovery from the market's 12-year lows.
TSX bounces higher on oils, China trade data (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
Toronto's main stock index pushed higher in choppy trade on Wednesday after two days of losses, as oil prices firmed and trade data from China helped lift some mining issues.
Asian stock markets trade in narrow range again (San Francisco Chronicle)
Asian stock markets were little moved in early trading Wednesday after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of recovery from the market's 12-year lows. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock average lost 0.12 percent to 10,555. And the Shanghai... Nikkei 225 - Business - Stock market - Investing - Stocks and Bonds
Caterpillar Trade Backs Price Levels (TheStreet.com)
Caterpillar drew a trade that appears to be a bet the stock won't fall back to where it found support a month ago.
Asian stock markets trade in narrow range again (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
Asian stock markets are little moved in early trading after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of recovery from the market's 12-year lows.
CME Group, India's stock exchange strike cross-listing pact (Crain's Chicago ...
(Reuters) ? Chicago-based CME Group Inc., the world's largest derivatives exchange, said it has entered into a cross-listing pact with India's National Stock Exchange, a move that would allow Indian investors to trade in U.S. indexes and expand CME's footprint in emerging markets. As ...
Asian stock markets trade in narrow range again (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)
Asian stock markets begin another day of small moves following US anniversary of 12-year lows
Sensex rises 44 points in opening trade on firm Asian markets (MalaysiaNews.net)
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by nearly 44 points in opening trade on Wednesday on fresh capital inflows from foreign funds amid firming Asian markets. The 30-share...