Why are people trying to take down Wall Street? The Canadian anti-consumerist and pro-environment group/magazine Adbusters initiated the call for a protest. The main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. What would happen if the stock market didn't exist? A nation without a stock market could see more even income levels between the upper and the middle class. However, the overall economy might not be as strong, and many of our major corporations would not exist, at least not as...

What are the pros and cons of using options to compensate employees? Pros and Cons: Offering Employees Stock OptionsPro: Employees Become a Bigger Part of the Company. Con: Additional Expenses. Pro: Decrease Employee Turnover. Con: Stocks are Influenced by the Company — Not the Individual Employee. Pro: Cost Effective for Employers. Should You Offer Stock Options to Your Employees? What are some potential problems with stock options as a form of compensation? Dilution can be very costly to shareholder over the long run. Stock options are difficult to value. Stock options can result in high levels of compensation of executives...

How does foreign exchange differ from other markets? One key difference between forex trading and other market investments is that forex trading is cost-efficient. Most forex accounts trade without commission, expensive fees or data licenses. The bid-ask spread, which is the cost of trading, is transparent. What do you mean by foreign exchange market? The foreign exchange market is an over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace that determines the exchange rate for global currencies. Currencies are always traded in pairs, so the "value" of one of the currencies in that pair is relative to the value of the other. Why the foreign exchange...