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Stock Market: Primary vs. Secondary Trading
The stock market serves two main functions: it is a primary market where companies first issue and sell new shares to raise capital, and a secondary market where existing shares are traded among investors. The vast majority of activity in the stock market consists of this secondary trading of existing assets.
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