Definitions for Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange

Princeton's WordNet(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stock exchange, stock market, securities marketnoun

   an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stock exchangenoun

   A building and the associated organization that trades stocks in of companies for money and vice versa.

Freebase(2.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stock exchange

   A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds. To be able to trade a security on a certain stock exchange, it must be listed there. Usually, there is a central location at least for record keeping, but trade is increasingly less linked to such a physical place, as modern markets are electronic networks, which gives them advantages of increased speed and reduced cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is by members only. The initial offering of stocks and bonds to investors is by definition done in the primary market and subsequent trading is done in the secondary market. A stock exchange is often the most important component of a stock market. Supply and demand in stock markets are driven by various factors that, as in all free markets, affect the price of stocks.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Stock Exchange

   a mart for the buying and selling of Government stocks, company shares, and various securities, carried on usually by the members of an associated body of brokers having certain rules and regulations. Such associations exist now in most of the important cities of the United Kingdom and commercial world generally (on the Continent are known as Bourses). The London Stock Exchange, transacting business in handsome buildings in Capel Court, facing the Bank of England, was established in 1801, stock-exchange transactions previous to then being carried on in a loose, ill-regulated fashion by private parties chiefly in and around Change Alley, the scene of the memorable South Sea Bubble (q. v.) speculation. The great development in stock-exchange business in recent times is due chiefly to the sale of foreign and colonial bonds, and the remarkable growth and spread of joint-stock companies since the Joint-Stock Company Act of 1862.

Etymology and Origins(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stock Exchange

   For the application of the term “Stock” to money, see “Government Stock.”

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How to pronounce Stock Exchange?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stock Exchange in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stock Exchange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Stock Exchange in a Sentence

1. Robert Beauregard:

   There is no guarantee that a stock will continue to trade at or above its initial offering price once it starts trading on a public stock exchange, that said, the reason most people invest in IPOs is for the opportunity to invest in the company relatively early in its life cycle and profit from potential future growth.

2. The ISA:

   Today, the brokerage market in Israel is highly concentrated and entails high costs for retail consumers, this move will expose the stock exchange to new players, and we will be working to remove any barriers necessary to drive competitiveness.

3. Todd Rosenbluth:

   Based on the names and country profiles, it should seem they are offering you the same exposure, but they track different indices, their country exposure is going to be different, and that exposure difference helps explain why they perform differently. So far, the discrepancy has helped The Vanguard fund, Todd Rosenbluth said, although both funds have taken a hit since the end of June, when the Shanghai Composite Index. SSEC started falling. Since then, The Vanguard fund has lost 11.65 percent, while the iShares fund has fallen 12.45 percent. Year to date, The Vanguard fund is down 6.97 percent, and the iShares fund is down 8.89 percent. Chinese shares have been falling on fears that the nation's economy may slow well beyond the 7 percent growth rate that analysts had earlier suggested would be a bottom for that market. China has moved to weaken its currency to bolster its economy and share prices. The difference between the two funds is expected to widen because the two different indexes they follow will be treating Chinese stocks differently. Financial Times Stock Exchange, the Financial Times Stock Exchange, plans to begin adding onshore Chinese equities, known as A-shares, to Financial Times Stock Exchange broad emerging markets indexes, which Vanguard follows. The Vanguard benchmark, the FTSE Emerging Index, now has approximately 26 percent exposure to China, according to the mutual fund company. In June, Vanguard said it would begin shifting to a new Financial Times Stock Exchange index later this year. The new index will have a 29 percent exposure to China, including a 5.6 percent exposure to A-shares. MSCI Inc( MSCI.N), however, said in June that it was not ready to include the A-shares in its two emerging market indexes.

4. Stan Wong:

   More stable and more certain growth in China will certainly propel a more stable and stronger TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange).

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   T+2 trading norm means looting public investors money by companies through stock exchange with the help of regulators. Why can't shares be delivered immediately and why purchased shares are kept withhold by exchange