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How do investors choose stocks? - Richard Coffin

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Every day, billions of stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange alone. But with over 43,000 companies listed on stock exchanges around the world, how do investors decide which stocks to buy? And what do individuals and institutions achieve by investing in stocks? Richard Coffin explores the tactics of different investing strategies.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Richard M. Coffin
Director
Franz Palomares
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Associate Editorial Producer
Elizabeth Cox
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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