The stock market is a stock market, and the stock market in general is a market, but goods and commodities are not bought and sold (although it displays data on their prices), but rather securities are bought and sold (mostly stocks and bonds, and stocks are a share and share in the company). Bonds are a paper proving the indebtedness of the person who bought them to the company selling the bond for the amount he bought with interest. The stock market is a system and market that enables the company to obtain financing by borrowing or by increasing capital. Borrowing is through issuing bonds, while capital increase is through issuing shares. If companies are listed on the capital market, they are referred to as corporations