Answer Key

Vocabulary test

Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
  • index
  • rally
  • crash
  • blue chip
  • close
  • share price
  • bear market
  • turnover
  • bull market
  • panic
  1. Though analysts predicted that the NYSE would break 12,000 today, the  [close] was just short of that, at 11,943.
  2.  [bear market] is one which exhibits a trend of depressed prices and low share movement.
  3. My grandfather, always a very conservative investor, favors more proven, dependable [blue chip] stocks, rather than more high-risk, high yield ones like technology and internet stocks.
  4. The government's latest economic report, released this afternoon, was fairly negative, and trading was down. Analysts fear that this could lead to a certain amount of  [panic] among investors and traders, and perhaps drive the market down somewhat.
  5. The total  [turnover] of today's trading reached approximately 700 million shares, a one-day record for the NYSE.
  6. If you want to invest in the stock market, the first thing you should do is learn how to read the stock  [index, indexes] , which will help you follow overall and individual market trends every day.
  7. The current  [bull market] has been in place for six weeks, as trading has been very active and prices have risen continually during that time.
  8. When you see stock brokers jumping out of windows on Wall Street, it is a good sign that there has been a horrible  [crash] on the market that day.
  9. When I first invested in this firm, the  [share price] was just five dollars, now it is at twelve!
  10. After initial weak trading, the market managed to  [rally] after lunch, and close at 10,475, up 112 points on the day.