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Unit 19: InvestmentsPhoto Courtesy: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Money/Pix/pictures/2013/7/3/1372862210784/investments-008.jpg
• What company/business would you invest in?
• Would you “put all your eggs into one basket“?
• What would you base your decision on?o The company performs stronglyo The company has high profit targetso The company belongs to a growth sectoro The company does not have many competitorso The company makes a diverse range of itemso You work for the company
• What will the return on your investments be?
• Are you in favour of safe investments or volatile markets?
• What would you do if a market crisis or crash occured?
Investments
• Do men and women have different approach to investments?
• Who receives higher returns on their investments?
• Who trades their stocks more?• What do men and women generally do
in times of financial uncertinty?• Who does more research?
Reading, pg. 92: Men and women’s investments
Stock market
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Share(s), n. – parts in which a company is divided so that investors can buy them
Stock, n. – a certain number of shares
Stock market/exchange, n. – a place where shares are bought and sold
Shareholder, n. – someone who owns a part of a company/business
Dividend, n. – part of a company’s profits which is paid to the people who have bought shares in it
Broker, v. – a person who can buy and sell shares for you on the stock exchange
Commission, adj. – an amount of money, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction
Reading, pg. 90
Reading, pg. 911FloatDividend yieldStakeFloatation
2CommodityBull marketDemandSupply
3BondPreference forEquityConfident
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bull market VS bear market
“don’t put all your eggs into one basket“