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Stock Market Made Simple

Clear guides for people building wealth slowly: what you own when you buy a share or a fund, what it costs, and how to spread risk. Written to be read, not to make you trade.

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Exchange hours, right now

Your time: –

Regular trading sessions of major stock exchanges, calculated in your browser. Public holidays and half-days are not included.

MarketNowRegular hours (local time)Guide
New York stocksNYSE and Nasdaq–Monday to Friday 09:30 to 16:00, New YorkUS stocks
London stocksFTSE 100 constituents–Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30, LondonStock guide
Frankfurt stocksXetra, DAX constituents–Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30, FrankfurtMarkets
Tokyo stocksNikkei 225, TOPIX–Monday to Friday 09:00 to 11:30 and 12:30 to 15:30, TokyoMarkets
Hong Kong stocksHang Seng constituents–Monday to Friday 09:30 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 16:00, Hong KongMarkets
Sydney stocksS&P/ASX 200–Monday to Friday 10:00 to 16:00, SydneyMarkets
ForexAffects returns on foreign shares–Sunday 17:00 to Friday 17:00, New YorkForex guide

Six principles we keep coming back to

Not rules, and not advice. They are the ideas that show up again and again in the research on long-term investing.

  1. Time in the market does the heavy lifting.

    Returns compound, and short-term noise shrinks over decades.

  2. Costs are the one thing you control.

    Fees come out every year whether markets rise or fall. See fees.

  3. Spread the risk.

    One company can fail; thousands rarely do at once. See diversification.

  4. Dividends are part of the return.

    Reinvested income has been a large share of long-run gains. See dividends.

  5. Know what you own.

    A fund's name is not its contents. Read the factsheet.

  6. Beware of certainty.

    Promised returns are a hallmark of scams.

From the guides

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How the stock market works

Exchanges, indices and what moves share prices over time.

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Reading the economic calendar

Why rate decisions and inflation data matter to share prices.

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Choosing a broker

Protections, costs and the checks to run before you open an account anywhere.

Calculators

Simple tools that run in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

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