Trading: Understanding The Stock Market

It is almost impossible to avoid hearing about the day’s trading on the stock markets of the world and where the numbers have gone. But how much of it do you really understand or know about? What do any of the key players really do and how does this all affect you? Do you know what the SEC or Dow is? Do you know how today’s numbers affect your financial security? This article will set out some of the basic answers to the above and establish the key facts of trading and how you can go about it.