How does the stock market influence our quality of life?

So I would really like to know how does the stock market influence your quality of life or just people in general. What are some negatifs and some positifs effects of stocks in our lives? Any answer welcomed~~!





THANKS a bunch!|||I am a pensuioner and I live off the income from stocks and shares from the stock market. If no one invested ever no one woudl be able to take risks and we woudl never havd any innovation or make any progress. Just as the government invests for us in road so we can drive on them, money is investe din companies so they can build houses, develop a new car, market a new flavour of pepsi .... then often years later when they make a profit the companies share out the profit to the shareholders (like me). The Banks also lend money but they charge more than shareholders 9we give our money "free") and they pay themselves too much leaving too little to keep the machine going ... thats roughly how it works...|||....sounds like an essay. :) I'll try to be brief. Stock markets show a rough indication of hour our economy is doing. If stocks are low, buyer confidence is low. If companies aren't proving to be generally strong, then there might be budget cuts, layoffs, etc.|||It effects our ability to spend money on economic-wise choices...





Negatives= some people invest their whole belongings into it, and lose all of their possesions





Sorry, I can't think of any positives|||It's huge. But it's funny because it's all politics. One person sneezes and the market goes down.





You might be too young to get that...meh, I'll post it anyway.|||The same way a casino effects you. it's merely a mirror of the real economy nothing more.|||It doesn't. The best measure of how an economy is doing is gold and silver inverse to the currency.