Stock & Forex
The foreign exchange market (Forex) is the "place" where currencies are traded. Currencies are important to most people around the world, whether they realize it or not, because currencies need to be exchanged in order to conduct foreign trade and business. If you are living in the U.S. and want to buy cheese from France, either you or the company that you buy the cheese from has to pay the French for the cheese in euros (EUR). This means that the U.S. importer would have to exchange the equivalent value of U.S. dollars (USD) into euros.
Why Stock?
Capital appreciation, which occurs when a stock rises in price, Dividend payments, which comes when the we distribute earnings to investors, Ability to vote shares and influence the company.
Investing in stocks can be very costly if you trade constantly, especially with a minimum amount of money available to invest.