The "Market"

The stock market is a grocery store...stocks are just like the items on the shelves at the grocery store. Each item you buy from the store your take home to own and imagine it gaining value on your pantry shelves. They have an expiration date. Certain things you buy from the store are only good for a certain part of the year. Think that every stock is like an item in a store and essential they kind of are because their divided up and categorized into sectors and industries eventually into individual companies which you can consider brands of milk, or bread.