Beginner's guide to stocks

Raising The Curve by The Curve Platform

Oct 1, 202625:50Education

What is a share price, how is it actually set, and what makes it move up or down. This episode breaks the stock market down to its most basic level, buyers and sellers in a marketplace, and explains why getting emotional...

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