After-hours (post-market) trading is the period after the market closes when traders and investors can buy and sell securities. Both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market normally operate from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Trades during the after-ho...
When this happens, you benefit from giving this $1000 to the government because they will pay interest on that $1000 loan you've given them, it's not really any different from when you borrow money from the bank. The other kind of debt is when the country borrows money from other ...