To make things easier, the stock market is divided into mini-markets like Construction Stock Market, Energy, Entertainment, Food and so on. Click on a mini-market tab to find related companies in that industry. Alternatively, search to find companies based on what you know and like (chocolate, coffee shops, cars etc).

You can also research companies, read market news, view what other members are buying, read investing tips from experts and watch the value of your portfolio.

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Features:

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You can browse the petitions by category, view popular petitions, read and sign the petitions on issues important to you, or create your own petition and start collecting signatures.

How to create and publish your own petitions:

1. Click “Start a petition” on top”. No sign up needed.
2. Enter petition’s title, intended target, petition statement (request) and number of signatures you want to collect. Select to validate signature email addresses to make sure that collected signatures are from real people
3. Your petition is published and hosted on the site. You can share your petition page on the web, send to people by email and watch the number of signatures collected in real time
4. When the number of signatures reach a certain number (depending on the nature of your request) or your own set goal, you then send the petition to the intended target (government body, corporation etc.) and wait for response

Anyone can sign the petition on the petition page without registration. The harder you promote your petition page the more signatures you will collect and get attention to the issue.

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• Free, easy to use platform for creating and signing petitions online.
• More than 151,000 published petitions and 19 million collected signatures.
• Create petitions in different categories: Civil & Human Rights, Economy & Business, Entertainment & Media and others.
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• Download popular petition form templates.
• Discuss petitions on forums.
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