Why Does The Stock Market Exist?

By Tom Pan The stock market has been around for a long time, but why do we even have it to begin with? We have the stock market simply because it makes sense and it helps businesses to grow and prosper. Let us take an example here, say Joe opened up a flower shop which cost him $200,000. The shop starts to make some good money so he decides that he wants to open up another shop so that he can