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Stock market beginners – What moves the stock market and stock prices?

April 6, 2008 – 10:56 pm

What factors move the stock market? What about individual stocks? How do interest rates affect the stock market and what does this have to do with the Consumer price index and inflation? Many people know that economic factors such as corporate profits and interest rates tend to influence the movement of the broader stock market. Read More…

By James | Posted in Economic Trends | Also tagged company earnings, Company Valuation, consumer price index, corporate profits, earnings per share, Economic Trends, GDP, inflation, investment, stock market, stock prices | Comments (4)