Download Business English -Stock Market Trading Vocabulary

Business English -Stock Market Trading Vocabulary
Choose the best answer for each one:
1. The stock market has been __________________ for three days straight.
fall
lower
down
2. My stocks are ____________________ 20% this month.
high
up
higher
3. I'm hoping for a 10% _____________________ over the next year.
increasing
increase
increased
4. Trading stock is not an __________________________ science.
exact
faultless
free from flaws
5. When a stock market ___________________ ( = goes down considerably), many
investors lose a lot of money.
clashes
smashes
crashes
6. My _______________________ advised me to buy this company's stock.
broker
breaker
brokerage
7. The stock decreased in value because many investors were selling it
______________ after the negative financial news came out.
off
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out
on
8. The news had no ________________ on the price of the stock.
interest
impasse
impact
9. These days many investors are ________________ ( = worried) about the health of
the U.S. economy.
scathed
uneasy
unscathed
10. Online brokers are usually less expensive than their offline ________________.
counterparts
version
counteract
11. There was record-_____________ trading volume on the New York Stock
Exchange this week.
taking
destroying
breaking
12. This week the bulls gained the upper _______________ ( = persevered/came out
on top).
face
hand
level
13. Price ________________ are fluctuations in the price of a stock.
levels
swings
switches
14. When a stock market "______________", it means it recovers after being down.
rallies
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rolls
relies
15. The recovery raised ________________ that the worst might be over.
ideas
thoughts
hopes
16. A _________________ market refers to a period of time when many stocks rise in
value.
bull
ball
bell
17. I own 1,000 ____________________ of their stock.
shares
pieces
papers
18. The scandal __________________ ( = caused/contributed to) the sell-off.
fooled
failed
fueled
19. The earnings were higher than __________________, which sent the stock
through the roof ( = increased its value dramatically).
accepted
expected
escaped
20. The stock market was down 400 points, but finished up 50 points. What are some
of the reasons for this _________________?
turnaround
turnstile
roundabout
21. After early losses, the NASDAQ ________________ to finish 20 points up.
rallied
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plummeted
suffered a drop
22. The company's stock __________________________ after the
better-than-expected earnings reports came out.
went through the roof
plummeted
suffered a drop
23. Microsoft stock _____________________ 20 cents down.
went up
terminated
finished
24. It was a good day for us. Our stock _____________________ to $45 a share!
hopped
jumped
skipped
25. It was a terrible day for us. Our stock ____________________by 20%!
went through the roof
rallied
plummeted
26. Their shares ___________________ by 100% after news of the big contract came
out.
rocketed
went up slightly
finished
27. Their shares _____________________ after they reported a 30 percent decline in
third-quarter earnings.
sank
rocketed
went through the roof
28. Their shares ______________________ Tuesday after news came out that next
year's earnings would fall far short of Wall Street expectations.
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went through the roof
rallied
took a beating
29. The shares ___________________ Friday. ( = The price remained the same)
finished
remained unchanged
rallied
30. Their stock started the day with a steep 30% drop, but ___________________ to
close down just 2%.
remained unchanged
rebounded
took a beating
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