Stocks & Shares Unit 17 p86-90. Which country did it begin in??? –France (agricultural communities traded with debts-first brokers) 12 th Century –Then.

Stocks & Shares Unit 17 p86-90

Which country did it begin in??? France (agricultural communities traded with debts-first brokers) 12 th Century Then Amsterdam, Italyand on and on.. Where are the largest markets??? USA, UK, Japan, India, China, Canada, Germany, France, South Korea & Netherlands. More to come in our first presentation Quick History

Putting it under the mattress Buying a lottery ticket Taking it all to Las Vegas or Monte Carlo Depositing it in a bank Buying gold Buying a painting (Matisse, Van Gogh, etc.) Investing in property or real estate Buying bonds Buying stocks or shares Investing in a hedge fund Giving it away?? Advantage/Disadvantage

Stocks & stock holders USA Shares & shareholders Britain Stock exchange, stock market, stock broker (both) Common stock-USA Ordinary shares-Britain Preferred stock-USA Preference shares-British America vs. Britain Stock Language

have (something) in stock to have merchandise available and ready for sale. Do you have extra large sizes in stock? Of course, we have all sizes and colors in stock. out of stock not immediately available in a store; [for goods] to be temporarily unavailable. Those items are out of stock, but a new supply will be delivered on Thursday. I'm sorry, but the red ones are out of stock. Would a blue one do? The word stock

stock up (with something) to build up a supply of something. You had better stock up with firewood before the first snowstorm. Yes, I will stock up today. a laughing stock someone who does something very stupid which makes other people laugh at them (usually +of ) I can't cycle around on that old thing! I'll be the laughing stock of the neighbourhood.

lock, stock, and barrel Clich everything. We had to move everything out of the houselock, stock, and barrel. We lost everythinglock, stock, and barrelin the fire.

Dow Jones: American, publishing and financial firm (wall street). News & Publishing S&P 500: Standard & Poors. (originially S&P90) a measure of the general level of stock prices. Index (let you know how stocks are doing) NASDAQ:American, 2 nd largest stock exchange after NYSE. 1971-began trading, first to trade online. Dow Jones/ S&P 500/ NASDAQ

Rocketed Crashed Shot up Revived Gaining Strong gains Slipped on Plummeted Slightly weaker Advanced a little Jumped Plunge Vocabulary

Def: an investment fund, PRIVATE for wealthy investors that trade in securities & derivatives.. Try to get high returns whether markets move up or down. Open-ended-investors can invest and withdraw money at regular, specified intervals. Hedge Funds

15% of your grade. Stocks-game.com You will get an invitation to a competition You will have $200,000 to invest in your choice of stocks. You can buy & sell and then at the end of the semester (Writing Assignment 2) write a report about your stocks experience. Lets Check it Out www.stocks-game.com Stocks Project

Stocks & Shares Unit 17 p86-90. Which country did it begin in??? –France (agricultural communities traded with debts-first brokers) 12 th Century –Then.

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laughing stock

stock market

stock broker

better stock

word stock slide

britain stock language

nd largest stock exchange

general level of stock