response: I'm not 100% sure on that, but the total size of the stock market in 2017 was US$76.3 trillion.
original_response: You can buy as little or as much as you want. In 2017, the world stock market size was about $76.3 trillion dollars. The skies the limit
history: I want to teach my family about investing by buying them a few shares of stock, but I really don't know much about it. The stock market can also be called the equity market or share market. That is where you buy and sell stocks. The stock represent ownership claims on businesses. Oh, so I could tell my kids they own part of a company.  That's cool.  Maybe I should get them a share in a company they know then, like Apple or XBox or Snapchat? There are also shares that are sold through crowdfunding platforms. So if it's through crowdfunding, can I just get them 1 or 2 shares, or do I have to get a lot/
knowledge: As of mid 2017, the size of the world stock market (total market capitalisation) was about US$76.3 trillion.