Term
CNBV
Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, the regulator that authorizes and supervises banks, brokerages and exchanges in Mexico. Regulated means supervised, not that your investment cannot fall.
In pesos: Before opening an account anywhere, check the firm is registered with the CNBV. It takes two minutes.
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3/4 6 min Read How a stock exchange actually works What happens between pressing buy and owning a share: the order book, the BMV, its hours, who regulates it, what an index is and what you would see if you walked in.More terms on the same topic
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