Topic. 8: Internet-trading

2. Tasks and functions of the stock exchange.

Tasks and functions performed by the stock exchange concerning various spheres of society, so they can be distributed as follows.

In the economic sector:
• accelerate the circulation of excess capital;
• movement of capital in a more efficient industry;
• accumulation of free cash flow;
• regulation of securities;
• Play the actual value of fixed assets.

In the financial sector:
• determining the market price of securities;
• organization of settlements on concluded agreements;
• providing operational information to market participants about the financial state of the market.

In the political sphere:
• promote the strengthening of economic independence;
• accelerating integration processes;
• access to the world market.

In the social sphere:
• increase welfare by reallocating funds;
• creation of new jobs through the investment process.

In the moral-psychological sphere:
• Formation of market psychology in the population;
• Formation of confidence in securities and transactions with them;
• prevent abuse and fraud in the stock market.