1. Finance and Investment

2. Stocks help . . .
Stocks are . . .
you raise money from selling those "pieces" of your business which can be used to build new plants and facilities, pay down debt, or acquire another company.
smart owner will keep at least 51% of the stock, which will allow them to retain control of the day to day activities
controlling shareholder
Stock is ownership in a company. (Equity)
If you were to divide your business up into small pieces and sell those pieces, you would essentially have issued stock.

3. What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
An index of thirty, blue chip stocks that are traded in the United States.
It is believed that by looking at the companies on the list, a person can get a general picture of how the market as a whole is performing.
The most quoted and followed index in the world, and dates back to May 26, 1896.

4. Bear or Bull Market? The use of "bull" and "bear"
The Dow Jones Industrial Average™ Updated as of: Oct 26, 2:37 pm ET
Bear or Bull Market?
The use of  "bull" and "bear"
to describe markets comes from
the way in which each animal
attacks its opponents. That is,
a bull thrusts its horns up
into the air, and a bear swipes
its paws down. These actions
 are metaphors for the movement
of a market: if the trend 
is up, it is considered a bull market.
And if the trend is down,
it is considered a bear market.

5. Bear Market 1929 Crash most famous crash in U.S. history
Dow Industrials hit a high of 386 in September, 1929.
It did not get back to that level until November, 1954
Dow dropped 89%
1987 – The Market fell dramatically.
A prolonged period in which investment prices fall, accompanied by widespread pessimism
Bear markets usually occur when the economy is in a recession and unemployment is high, or when inflation is rising quickly

6. Bull Market
long term uptrend (months to years) price movement in any market
An extended period of generally rising prices
characterized by optimism, investor confidence and expectations that strong results will continue.