Stock Markets and Bonds: Investing Basics for Beginners

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The NYSE still runs a physical trading floor, while the NASDAQ operates entirely electronically with a heavy concentration of technology companies, both enforcing their own listing standards for market capitalization and disclosure. Bonds carry quieter risks of their own, including interest-rate, credit, and inflation risk, which is why younger investors lean toward stocks while those near retirement shift toward bonds for steadier income.

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