The people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to explore new avenues of wealth creation as offered through the Regional Stock Exchange currently in operation in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The Economic Intelligence and Policy Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat, which is responsible for developing the educational package, has just released the second volume in a series of publications on the Regional Stock Exchange. The package of four volumes is being made available across the Region to, among other things, stimulate public interest and make it easier for people to understand the operations of, and become involved in the Regional Stock Exchange.

This newest volume addresses a range of matters relating to the buying and selling of securities. Subjects covered include focus on who is a stock broker; questions investors may ask brokers; how a company raises capital; what makes the price of securities go up and down on the stock market; and what is a dividend and how it is determined.

The entire series of the Regional Stock Exchange publications is intended to answer questions about investing across the Region. It will also provide insights into the operations of the Regional Stock Exchange and investment in general.

According to Ms. Enid Bissember, author of the series of booklets, the information provided in the booklets attempts to dispel the perception "that participation in the securities industry is only for the very wealthy".