The Stock Exchange Flashcards by Astrid Bvt

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l’indice Dow-Jones

A

The Dow-Jones average/index

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une obligation

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1) a bond

2) a debenture

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une obligation de pacotille

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a junk bond

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un courtier

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a broker

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l’effondrement (du M)

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the collapse (of the market)

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un krach

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a crash

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une monnaie

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a currency

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les devises étrangères

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foreign currency

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une obligation d’état

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a government bond

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un dividende

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a dividend

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la bourse

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the stock exchange

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la fluctuation

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fluctuation

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les fonds

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funds

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une cotation

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a quotation

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le CAC - 40

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the Paris stock-exchange index

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l’index des valeurs boursières

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the share index

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un investisseur

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an investor

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un marché haussier/baissier

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a bull/bear market

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la Bourse

A

the stock market

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un portefeuille

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a portfolio

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le prix d’ouverture/de clôture

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the opening/closing price

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le taux de change

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1) the exchange rate

2) the rate of exchange

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les valeurs, titres

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securities

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une action

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a share

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un actionnaire

A

a shareholder

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un spéculateur (-trice)

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a speculator

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un agent de change

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a stockbroker

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les actions

A

stocks and shares

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un trader, un opérateur en bourse

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a trader

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les échanges, les transactions

A

trading

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soutenu, ferme

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buoyant

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bon marché

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cheap

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languissant

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depressed

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cher

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expensive

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sombre

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gloomy

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apathique

A

listless

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tendu

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nervous

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stable

A

steady

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instable

A

1) unstable

2) shaky

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s’apprécier, prendre de la valeur

A

to appreciate

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être côté (en Bourse)

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to be quoted/listed

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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boursicoter

A

to dabble on the stock exchange

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perdre de la valeur

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to depreciate

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fluctuer

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to fluctuate

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acheter

A

1) to buy

2) to purchase

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se redresser

A

to rally

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les cours se sont redressés

A

the market has rallied

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reprendre

A

to recover

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échanger

A

to trade

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prendre une participation majoritaire

A

to take a majority shareholding

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lentement

A

slowly

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soudain, tout d’un coup

A

suddenly

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rapidement

A

rapidly