ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

stocks

Stocks are a way to own a small part of a company. When you buy a stock, you pay a certain amount of money and in return you get a tiny piece of that company. Stocks can go up or down in value just like other things that we buy in the store. If a company does well and people are buying lots of what they sell, then the stock price could go up. If a company is not doing well, then the stock price could go down.
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