Secondly, there are hundreds of stocks in the stock market, both good and bad. It will be a very difficult thing to choose the difficulty. However, in the foreign exchange market, the currency combination is very limited, which allows everyone to focus on several currency combinations and grasp the situation of these combinations more easily.
Then, the trading volume of stocks is far less than that of foreign exchange, and tens of millions of non-professional investors will affect the normal operation of the market, resulting in unpredictable market trends.
Stock is a kind of valuable securities, which is a stock certificate issued by a joint-stock company to investors when raising capital, representing the ownership of the joint-stock company by its holders (that is, shareholders). Buying stocks is also a part of buying a company's business, which can develop and grow together with the enterprise.
This kind of ownership is a comprehensive right, such as attending the shareholders' meeting, voting, participating in the company's major decisions, collecting dividends or sharing the dividend difference. , but also bear the risks brought by the company's business mistakes. Getting regular income is one of the important reasons for investors to buy stocks, and dividends are the main source of regular income for stock investors.
Foreign exchange, called foreign currency in English, is a creditor's right held by monetary management organs (central bank, monetary management institution, foreign exchange stabilization fund and Ministry of Finance) in the form of bank deposits, treasury bonds and long-term and short-term government securities. Can be used when the balance of payments is in deficit.
Including foreign currency, foreign currency deposits, foreign currency securities (treasury bonds, treasury bonds, corporate bonds, stocks, etc.). ) and foreign currency payment vouchers (bills, bank deposit vouchers, postal savings vouchers, etc.). ).
broad sense
All foreign currency assets owned by a country. It refers to the flow of money between countries and a specialized commercial activity of exchanging one country's currency for another country's currency to pay off international creditor's rights and debts. In fact, it is the creditor's rights held by the monetary management authorities (central bank, monetary management institutions, foreign exchange stabilization fund and Ministry of Finance) in the form of bank deposits, treasury bonds, long-term and short-term treasury bonds, etc. Can be used when the balance of payments is in deficit.
narrow sense
Various payment methods expressed in foreign currency, which are generally accepted by all countries and can be used for international settlement of creditor's rights and debts. It must have three characteristics: affordability (assets that must be expressed in foreign currency), availability (claims that can be compensated abroad) and convertibility (foreign currency assets that can be freely converted into other means of payment).