Answer: When you invest in the stock market, you are lending money, buying "shares," to a company with the expectation that they will use it to create products or services that they can sell for a profit, and return a share of the profit, a dividend, with you. If the company is successful, the investors get dividends, and more people may want to invest, so the value of the company increases. The price of the "share" goes up. It is possible that investors lose money if the company cannot make profits for a variety of reasons.
The stock market works in different ways, depending on the investor's goal. Some are long-term investors seeking consistent divivends.
An investor may "play" the stock market: buy stock at a low price with the hope that in a short time the value of the stock will go up, and s/he can sell the stock at a higher price and make a quick profit-- not relaed to dividends.
Explanation: Agricultural commodities include "grains" such as wheat, rice, oats, corn, soybeans. Other ag commodities include milk, eggs, pork, beef, etc. Lumber, cotton, sugar, orange juice. . . The list goes on. Search the internet.
The project you are describing involves buying stock in in one or more ag commodities and "playing the market" for a short time to see if the price of your commodity goes up or down. Again, there are a number of places on the internet to get prices-- which sometimes change a lot during the day depending on the news. A big storm may wipe out crops. A hard frost may kill fruit. A trade embargo or tarrif imposed may affect the country's ability to buy or sell products in another country.
It's complicated, risky, and maybe fun if you win. With the play $10,000.
I hope this helps you get a good start.
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Answer: When you invest in the stock market, you are lending money, buying "shares," to a company with the expectation that they will use it to create products or services that they can sell for a profit, and return a share of the profit, a dividend, with you. If the company is successful, the investors get dividends, and more people may want to invest, so the value of the company increases. The price of the "share" goes up. It is possible that investors lose money if the company cannot make profits for a variety of reasons.
The stock market works in different ways, depending on the investor's goal. Some are long-term investors seeking consistent divivends.
An investor may "play" the stock market: buy stock at a low price with the hope that in a short time the value of the stock will go up, and s/he can sell the stock at a higher price and make a quick profit-- not relaed to dividends.
Explanation: Agricultural commodities include "grains" such as wheat, rice, oats, corn, soybeans. Other ag commodities include milk, eggs, pork, beef, etc. Lumber, cotton, sugar, orange juice. . . The list goes on. Search the internet.
The project you are describing involves buying stock in in one or more ag commodities and "playing the market" for a short time to see if the price of your commodity goes up or down. Again, there are a number of places on the internet to get prices-- which sometimes change a lot during the day depending on the news. A big storm may wipe out crops. A hard frost may kill fruit. A trade embargo or tarrif imposed may affect the country's ability to buy or sell products in another country.
It's complicated, risky, and maybe fun if you win. With the play $10,000.
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