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Episode 552Nov 3, 2021

How do companies make money from selling stock?

Plus, Molly shares some big news.

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Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on October 3, 2018 in New York. - The Dow edged to a second straight record on Wednesday following a batch of strong US economic data on hiring and consumer sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2 percent to 26,828.39. The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.1 percent at 2,925.51, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.3 percent to 8,025.09.
Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on October 3, 2018 in New York. - The Dow edged to a second straight record on Wednesday following a batch of strong US economic data on hiring and consumer sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2 percent to 26,828.39. The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.1 percent at 2,925.51, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.3 percent to 8,025.09.
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Gas prices are up, and one listener wants to know who is and who isn’t to blame. On the show today, we do a little fact-checking on who’s really responsible for the high price at the pump. Plus, we’ll answer a lingering question about the carbon tax and explain how companies make money from the stock market. And Molly shares some important news about a big change she’s making.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

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How do companies make money from selling stock?