The Stock Market is one of the most popular and well known financial markets. There are more than 60 exchanges globally which operate 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. A Stock is a financial instrument representing a portion of ownership in a corporation, which entitles shareholders to an equivalent portion of a company’s profits or losses. If a trader were to invest in a company which then had an increase in Stock price, that trader would then be able to earn a profit.