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ESL "how to trade" English for business vocabulary and reading class

First, read this short excerpt from an article about how the stock market is changing because of the threat of terrorism. Then try to guess the definitions of each word.

How To Trade When Major Events Affect Financial Markets

Retrieved from http://biz.yahoo.com/tm/031003/10759_1.html on 10/04/2003
By M. Boucher 10/03/2003

Finally, we suggest extra caution, and a more gradualist approach to increasing equity allocations than under normal circumstances. It is quite possible that the markets will become very volatile and lead to false signals in each direction over the coming months. A US attack may appear to be successful for many weeks, but a retaliation by terrorists could lead the market to sink to new lows. Uncertainty is higher, so risk is higher, and that means allocation to stocks should stay lower until those risks recede.

Type the letter of the correct definition into the box on the left of each word or phrase.

caution A. unpredictable and prone to big changes
gradualist B. information that suggests the market will move in one direction
equity allocations C. the act of being careful to avoid danger.
volatile D. danger
signals E. the amount of money invested in stocks
retaliation F. not knowing what will happen
sink G. revenge, counter-attack
uncertainty H. go down
risk I. slow, doing things a little bit at a time



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