http://www.americansharemarket.com/ Organized marketplace in which share, common share equivalents, and bonds are traded by members of the exchange, acting both as agents (brokers) and as principals (dealers or traders). Such exchanges have a physical location where brokers and dealers meet to execute orders from institutional and individual investors to buy and sell securities. Mon Jan 2009 AmericanShareMarket RSS NEWS - http://www.americansharemarket.com http://www.americansharemarket.com/read_new2139.html Why does the average poor-middle class person believe that Investing is too risky' The answer is simple, Humans are terrified of anything that they don't know or understand. In the immortal words of Garth from Wayne's World "We fear change". So are there risks with Investing' YES of course there are, but like swimming, crossing the road, riding a bike and driving a car once you educate yourself you lower these risks and in turn get to enjoy the... Sun Jun 2008