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Stock market prediction

Okay kiddo, so you know how people buy things, like toys or candy or clothes, right? Well, there are big companies called "stocks" that people can buy a piece of. It's like buying a piece of a toy or candy store.

Now, the stock market is a big place where people buy and sell these stocks. Sometimes the prices of the stocks go up and sometimes they go down.

People who study the stock market try to figure out why the prices go up and down so they can predict what will happen in the future. They look at things like how much money the company is making, if they're doing something new or different, and even what's happening in the world around them.

But predicting what will happen in the stock market is really hard. It's like trying to guess how many jellybeans are in a jar - sometimes you get it right, but most of the time you don't. So, people who want to invest in the stock market need to be careful and do their homework before they buy anything.
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