Definition of Stocks At its core, a stock represents ownership in a company. When you buy a stock, you become a shareholder of that company, which means you have a claim on its assets and earnings. The value of a stock is determined by the market and can fluctuate based on various fact...
Monetarism gained prominence in the 1970s—bringing down inflation in the United States and United Kingdom—and greatly influenced the U.S. central bank's decision to stimulate the economy during the global recession of 2007–09. Today, monetarism is mainly associated with Nobel Prize–winningecono...