Where Does The Money Go When You Buy A Stock?
When you buy a stock, it seems like your money disappears into the ether and you are left with some stocks in a company. Similarly, when you sell a stock, you just click “sell” and all of a sudden you have money in your brokerage account. Where does that money actually go? Where does that money come from? Here’s the short answer: the money is exchanged between buyers and sellers with your broker acting as …