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Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive Analysts and Pundits 1.. Some analysts and pundits use a stock's price-to-.... ratio to decide whether to recommend an equity: if the

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Analysts and Pundits

1 Some analysts and pundits use a stock's price-to-

ratio to decide whether to recommend an equity: if the

ratio is below 1.0, it's often considered attractive, and if the

ratio is higher than 1.0, it may be deemed overpriced

book

convert

list

market

2 Gold for the year was up about 23% and Silver was up

46%; the HUI failed to provide the leverage it usually

offers to metals, increasing by only 13%, but these are still

impressive returns, since a record-breaking year for

the Dow Jones produced only a 16.7% return and the

Nasdaq gained just 10%

actual

alloy

annual

average

3 is an investment approach that seeks to match

the investment returns of a specified stock or bond market

benchmark by holding all or a representative sample of

those securities; it is a 'passive' investment approach

emphasizing broad diversification and low portfolio trading

activity

Coasting

Coattailing

Indexing

Tailgating

4 Despite reports that mining giant Rio Tinto is lining up

bankers for a bid for Alcan Inc, an industry observer

believes the Canadian aluminum giant may be preparing a

' earth policy' to make itself less attractive to

potential suitors; Alcan's board has rejected Alcoa's

US$28.1-billion hostile takeover offer

scorched

seared

singed

spoiled

5 With a market order, the investor allows the floor

broker to use his own discretion as to the exact timing of

the execution; if the broker expects a decline in price, s/he

may wait to buy, figuring that a better price will soon be

available, but there is no guarantee that a such an order

will be filled

demand

not held

on hand

on hold

6 arbitrage is basically buying and simultaneously

selling in four or more markets, profiting from a temporary

difference; this is a riskless profit for the investor/trader

Complex

Compound

Convertible

Covered

7 A back-end can be a flat fee (meaning everyone

pays the same amount of money when taking money out

of the mutual fund) or a sliding-scale fee (meaning that the

longer you keep your money in the mutual fund, the

smaller the fee you have to pay when you take it out)

bite

boost

load

loop

8 retirement plan is not an IRS plan subject to the

eligibility, participation, and non-discrimination provisions

set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act

and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the

regulations thereunder; as such, it is said to be devoid of

governmental red tape

An employee-based

An employer-based

A non-certified

A non-qualified

9 Options are traded in units called , each of which

entitles the option buyer/owner to 100 shares of the

underlying stocks upon expiration

bundles

centuries

contracts

fractions

10 The Director position is responsible for the

analysis of our derivatives portfolio, which includes 1)

statistical analysis to measure the effectiveness of

hedges, 2) projection of Net Investment Income and Net

Investment Gain/(Loss), and 3) attribution analysis of

actual reported financial results versus market factors

accumulated

cumulative

qualified

quantitative