208 Understanding The Stock Market

A:Sorry to bother you sir, but I have some bad news.                                                                                
4223B:What is it?                                                                                                                       
4224A:Well, the stock market just took a huge plunge and we’ve lost a lot of money!                                                     
4225B:What do you mean? What happened?                                                                                                  
4226A:There are many factors that weigh in, but NASDAQ is down 200 points, the DOW JONES indicator also suffered!Our portfolio is       
    worth half of what it was worth points week ago.                                                                                    
4227B:How is this possible? You are supposed to be talking to our stockbrokers and making sure that our securities and investments are  
    safe and making a profitable return!                                                                                                
4228A:I know sir! We didn’t expect a bull market to become a bear market all of a sudden. On the other hand you still have some high    
    yield trash bonds and government bonds that will give us enough liquidity to cut our loses and reinvest in emerging markets. We     
    could potentially make this tragedy work for us and make us think outside the box.                                                  
4229B: Do what you have to do! One other thing, don’t tell the rest of the stockholders about this. If they find out, it’s the end of   
    this company! 

plunge     美: [plʌndʒ]     v.暴跌；使突然前冲（或下落）；骤降；突降     n.跳水；突然跌落                                           
4232indicator     美: [ˈɪndɪˌkeɪtər]    n.指示器；标志                                                                                  
4233portfolio 美: [pɔrtˈfoʊlioʊ] 投资组合 所有产品东西    n.文件夹；职务；                                                              
4234profitable     美: [ˈprɑfɪtəb(ə)l]     adj.有利润的；赢利的                                                                         
4235bull [bʊl]                                                                                                                          
4236liquidity     美: [lɪˈkwɪdəti] 流通性；流动资金                                                                                     
4237yield     美: [jild]    n.产量；产出；利润     v.屈服                                                                               
4238acronym     美: [ˈækrəˌnɪm]     n.首字母缩略词                                                                                      
4239liquidity The opposite of credit.                                                                                                   
4240potentially 美 [pəˈtenʃəli]     adv. 可能地，潜在地                                                                                 
4241tragedy     美: [ˈtrædʒədi]    n.悲剧