| Amanda and Joe are on their vacation. Amanda is confused why Joe is working. |
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 | Honey, why are you working, we're on vacation! | |
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| I'm not working, I'm checking my stocks. | |
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| Amanda doesn't know about the stock market. She wants to learn more. |
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| What is a stock anyway? | |
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| A stock is a piece of a company that you can buy. When you buy a stock from somewhere like WAL-MART, you own a piece of that company you bought. | |
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| Amanda likes what she is learning about the stocks. |
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| Wow! That is pretty cool. Where can I buy stocks? | |
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| You can buy stocks from several different people or places. You can buy stocks from a stock broker who is a person qualified to sell stocks to people. You can also buy stocks from the internet. | |
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