World Stock Markets

Stock markets can be found all around the world for people to trade stocks and derivatives. This allows buyers and sellers the chance to invest and raise capital for the potential of mutual profit. Historically, stock markets have delivered the highest returns on money invested.

The estimated value of the world stock markets goes well into the trillions, and if you include the derivatives market (done on face value), this figure runs into the hundreds of trillions. The New York Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), The London Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange are some of the world's biggest stock exchanges, and the Australian stock market also ranks highly in global terms.