Stock Exchange vs. Foreign Exchange

well to be completely honest with you if you don't know anything about the thing your investing in i suggest you stay out of there but if you do research know what your doing and positive you will have a good income from it then i suggest you go for which ever makes more and you understand more

Stocks is partial owner ship in companies. Their value is completely reliant on the companies performance. Foreign Exchange is trading money from different countries at the right time to make a profit. Both have their pluses and minuses of course, stocks are more reliable. Forex is finicky, but you can make more money in a shorter amount of time if you are good at it. Both have an expensive learning curve, and stocks are better for a long term investment, whereas forex is better for money tomorrow.

stock exchange is like your share in the company, like if you buy 5% of stock in that company then at the end of the month nor year whatever the company earn you will only get 5% of that. so if the company earn a million then you will get 5% from it. for example you exchange 5% of share from that company worth 20 thousand then at the end of the year the company earn a million so you will get 50,000 from them. though theres also a tendency that the company losses instead of having profit, so if your interested, try to monitor the company stocks if they are earning or not. while in foreign exchange its what they called its your own games to play, as you invest your dollars by selling or buying then wait the next day, like if you buy 10 dollars against peso which is 44 pesos for 1 dollar, then the next day you decided to sell your 10 dollars and wait the next day again, so if the next day the dollars to peso worth 45 then you can earn 1 peso each but if if the value decline to 43 then you will loss 1 dollars in it. its more risky since we cant predict the value of money exchange, but if you really interested then better figure it out by monitoring the value of money for a week nor a month if the value keep on going down or going up, so if the value is keep on going up then it means you can exchange coz you know you will earn.

i asked my 7 year old nephew the same when i saw your question this morning. his reply was cute and straight to the point: Stock Exchange is where you can change stocks. Foreign Exchange is where you can change foreigners.. i know it doesn't explain much. but it really is worth a laugh! hehe..

Shares tend to go up over time but currencys tend to gyrate so they remain unchanged over time, also currency dosent't have profits or assets so it is difficult to value. I prefer shares as an investment but if you are in shares sooner or later you will need to do forex to hedge yourself if you or your businesses invest abroard.

Forex is a lot more risky than stock trading. You can loose your money very fast. Stocks are more popular bacause there is less risk involved.

Stock exchange- you mean here the trading of stocks or shares of public limited companies. foreign exchange-here you mean trading of currency such as USD, Euro, Yen, Candaian dollar, Pounds etc... Both have risk factors- it is like driving a vehicle- you should learn the trade before investing on it, good luck.