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What if your retirement fund depended on understanding a single number? For millions of investors, it does. The stock market isn't just where fortunes are made and lost-it's where ordinary people transform savings into ownership stakes in the world's most powerful companies. Yet most people view it as an impenetrable fortress of jargon and complexity. The truth is simpler: shares represent slices of real businesses, and understanding them requires no secret handshake or insider knowledge. When you buy Apple stock, you're not gambling on numbers-you're becoming a part-owner of a company that produces iPhones in your pocket. This fundamental shift in perspective changes everything. The market becomes less mysterious when you realize it's simply millions of people making daily decisions about what businesses are worth.