Stock Market

A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies that are sold to investors through equity crowdfunding platforms.
Investments are usually made with an investment strategy in mind.

Financial markets can be divided into different subtypes:

For the assets transferred
Money market : It is traded with money or financial assets with short-term maturity and high liquidity, generally assets with a term of less than one year.
Capital market : Financial assets with medium and long-term maturity are traded, which are basic for carrying out certain investment processes.
Depending on its structure
Organized market
Non-organized markets denominated in English (" Over The Counter ").

According to the negotiation phase of financial assets Primary market : Financial assets are created. In this market, assets are transmitted directly by their issuer.

Secondary market : Only existing financial assets are exchanged, which were issued at a previous time. This market allows holders of financial assets to sell instruments that were already issued in the primary market (or that had already been transmitted in the secondary market) and that are in their possession, or to buy other financial assets.