At that time, those in the financial industry had a wider advantage over retail investors as they had easier access to market-moving information, reports or analysis.
Stocks provide a way of funding the economic output of a company that also enable investors to bet on its growth and promise
Once upon a time, the stock market was a forbidding place, reserved only for those in the know — that is, those in the upper echelons of society with plenty of money they can put to work to make even more money.

