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Glossary entry · What you own
Stock
Definition
Also called a share or equity. Buying a stock makes you a fractional owner of a real business, entitled to a proportional slice of its profits, dividends, and assets — however small your stake.
Example
1 share of Apple at $175 makes you a fractional owner of Apple Inc. (≈0.0000003%).
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Lesson · 03
Stock
This term appears in a longer lesson, where the idea gets the proper treatment with examples and a working visualization.
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Bond
A loan you make to a government or company. They pay you interest, then return your money.
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A basket of many investments — often hundreds — bought in a single transaction.
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A representative basket of a market — like the S&P 500 or the IBEX 35.
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A fund that simply mirrors an index, instead of trying to beat it.
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