Stock Market/Trading 1

Designed to help you practice vocabulary for buying and selling stocks, talking about the stock market, etc. Although it's meant for ESL students, it'll be useful to anyone who wants to practice this specialized vocabulary.

QUESTIONS:
(Choose the best response 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
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

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