商务英语 Level 6 Unit 1 Part 4 Voca

Vocabulary【Introduction to Stocks】

stocks & shares
Companies issue stocks to investors to raise money.
The price of stocks can rise and fall depending on a company's performance or the economy.
If someone owns stock in a company, they are a shareholder, and own a part of the company.
Major shareholders may be able to vote in corporate decisions, such as large operational changes.

corporate: adj 全体的，公司的 n 企业集团

securities
A security is a financial asset that can be traded by companies and governments.
There are two types of securities: equities and debts.
An equity security represents ownership by shareholders, like stocks.
Debt securities include bonds or bank notes.
A holder of debt securities will be paid interest after a certain period of time.

security: 证券
equity: 股票
debt: 债务
bond: 债券
note: 票据

stock exchange
Stocks and securities are traded on a stock exchange.
Stock exchanges ensure securities are bought and sold in a structured environment.
The New York Stock Exchange is the most prominent exchange in the world.

exchange: 交易所
prominent: 重要的

stockbroker
A stockbroker buys and sells securities for clients.
They also need to advise their clients about which securities to buy or sell.
When a client makes a transaction, the stockbroker earns a commission.
A good stockbroker will not sell their client a bad investment just to get commission.
Stockbrokers typically work for a brokerage firm to handle customer transactions.

stockbroker: 股票经纪人
commission: 佣金

brokerage
A brokerage firm is a company that buys and sells stocks.
They act as middlemen between buyers and sellers.
Brokerage companies make commission from clients buying or selling securities.
Full-service brokers provide financial planning and consulting services for their clients.
Discount brokers allow investors to make their own decisions with lower commission fees.

brokerage: 经纪人
brokerage firm: 经纪公司

dividend
A dividend is payment a corporation makes to shareholders.
The more shares of a company you own, the higher your dividend will be.
Dividends can be paid in the form of cash or additional shares.

dividend: 股息
corporation: 大公司

Question

1. What kind of securities is paid interest after a certain time?
   > debt security
2. Their company has been listed on the New York Exchange for more than fifty years.
3. Baidu trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock name BIDU.
4. Last month, the company's stock dropped to two dollars a share.
5. The company's shares are soaring today after beating analysts' profit expectations.
6. When the recession hit, those who purchased equity securities suffered the biggest losses.
7. After Facebook revealed its second quarter revenues were lower than earlier forecasts, its stock sank by 20%.
8. An equity security represents ownership by shareholders, like stocks.
9. Full-service brokers provide advises
   > who manage financial decisions for clients
10. My broker says that even though the company's share price has been falling, he sees it as a buying opportunity.
11. He contacted his stockbroker with instructions on what shares he wanted to sell.
12. Traditional brokerage firms are being disrupted by the rise of Fintech start-ups.
13. Leading brokerage firms in the US have warned its investors to avoid healthcare stocks because of their volatility.
14. The board of directors proposed giving a dividend of thirty cents per share.
15. We are expecting to receive a substantial dividend on our holding at the end of the year.
16. The New York Times Company announced a regular quarterly dividend of $.04 per share on its Class A common stock.
17. Stocks represent partial ownership of a company.

soar: 高涨
analyst: 分析员
Fintech: 经融科技
volatility: 变化无常
substantial: 可观的