> Is the stock market for investing in a company With the exception of the IPO and buy-backs, the stock market is NOT for/about investing in the company. When

> Is the stock market for investing in a company With the exception of the IPO and buy-backs, the stock market is NOT for/about investing in the company. When you buy IBM on NYSE, IBM doesn't get anything. Similarly for selling stock. If IBM doesn't see any money from a trade, how is that trade an "investment" in IBM? Stock trading is trading partial ownership. That's very different from investing. In other news, there's no money in the stock market. The money that you pay for IBM stock does not go to the "stock market". It goes to whomever owned the stock that you bought.