response: Yes, stocks represent claims of ownership in businesses.
original_response: they can also include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as those only traded privately
history: Where can someone learn about the stock market? I don't know where you can learn in depth, but I can tell you that the stock market is an aggregate of buyers and sellers of stocks, which are representations of ownership in businesses. Interesting. So technically, when people purchase stocks, they are purchasing a small claim or share on a business?
knowledge: A stock market, equity market or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete entity) of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include ''securities'' listed on a public stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.