The Exchange.

Summary The acceleration of international capital exchanges has revealed to the general public the decisive role played by the functioning of financial markets. In this context, the stock market is a central player, a meeting place - real and virtual - between the supply and demand of capital. Primary and secondary markets, investors, securities, listed companies, portfolio management, financial analysts' jobs: this book reviews all the mechanisms at play in the stock market institution, and clarifies the questions that feed a growing part of our news.