Mention the phrase 'stock exchange' to most people and they’ll likely visualize Wall Street, the home of the New York stock exchange, the world’s biggest. However, smaller, regional stock exchanges are nothing new. A proposal to allow local stock exchanges in Michigan was recently filed in the state legislature. The aim is to allow citizens to invest in small, promising Michigan companies that may not qualify for a larger exchange.
State Representative Andy Schorof Lansing says that the Michigan stock exchange would work a lot like the National Exchange, except trading would be done with Michigan companies, concentrating on local business.
Summer Minnick, theDirector of Policy Initiatives and Federal Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League, says the new law would make local investments more liquid than you might normally expect putting money into a business would be.