I have been loving that high-five GIF :)
To process everything so far, especially that last brainburst, I've been walking, cleaning, filing, stapling, and folding.
I see there are at least four questions in my head right now, but I'm better off sticking to one of my blocks at a time, so I'm going back to the exchange traded funds answers, and picking up from there.
MDM: Upon processing, I think your response was probably sufficient for my needs, yes. Thanks!
Question #8*: What is a stock exchange?
i.e., I thought there was just one big, worldwide, imaginary place (like the internet, or radio waves) that does things with money. But deborah said, "Each stock exchange has more than stocks available on it." And, "You have managed funds. These are outside the stock exchange..." And, "Some companies...put the "managed fund" onto the stock exchange..."
Now it occurs to me that you guys have mentioned things like "TSX = Toronto Stock Exchange", so I see there is more than one.
What is one?
How does a company put a fund "onto" it, and how does a fund exist "outside of" it?
What does each do, such that one is separate from another?
* I now see that I had two Question #6s. Onward.