By purchasing shares, investors get part-ownership of a company and, as shareholders, they have voting rights at the annual meeting and a stake in the company’s earnings, which is paid out to them as a dividend. Investors should regularly devote some time to keeping up to date with changes in stock market indexes on national and international stock markets, so they can identify possible future financial trends. The most well-known stock exchange indexes are the US Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Japanese Nikkei 225 Stock Average.
If you’d like a little more information about shares and stock markets, you can watch this short video explanation.
