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UK Stock Market, Stock Exchange and Stocks & Shares

Have you ever wondered how the Stock Exchange and Stocks & Shares worked? In these pages you will find learn all you need to know about the Stock Exchange and Stocks & Shares.

A Stock Exchange is a market place where govenments and comapnies seeking money can come together with investors.

The investors will invest their money with the govenment, normally in return for a fixed interest rate. They will invest their money in companies, normally in return for a share in the ownership of the company, or a fixed interest rate.

These securities are generally referred to as stocks and shares, and can be divided into five groups:
- Joint-stock (stocks, shares, debentures)
- Government securities
- Local Govenment sccurities
- Foreign Government securities
- Securities of foreign companies

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