The Stock Exchange Flashcards

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1
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l’indice Dow-Jones

A

The Dow-Jones average/index

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2
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une obligation

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1) a bond

2) a debenture

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3
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une obligation de pacotille

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a junk bond

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4
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un courtier

A

a broker

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5
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l’effondrement (du M)

A

the collapse (of the market)

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6
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un krach

A

a crash

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7
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une monnaie

A

a currency

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8
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les devises étrangères

A

foreign currency

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9
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une obligation d’état

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a government bond

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10
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un dividende

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a dividend

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11
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la bourse

A

the stock exchange

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12
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la fluctuation

A

fluctuation

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13
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les fonds

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funds

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14
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une cotation

A

a quotation

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15
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le CAC - 40

A

the Paris stock-exchange index

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16
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l’index des valeurs boursières

A

the share index

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17
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un investisseur

A

an investor

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18
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un marché haussier/baissier

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a bull/bear market

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19
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la Bourse

A

the stock market

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20
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un portefeuille

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a portfolio

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21
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le prix d’ouverture/de clôture

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the opening/closing price

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22
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le taux de change

A

1) the exchange rate

2) the rate of exchange

23
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les valeurs, titres

A

securities

24
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une action

A

a share

25
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un actionnaire

A

a shareholder

26
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un spéculateur (-trice)

A

a speculator

27
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un agent de change

A

a stockbroker

28
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les actions

A

stocks and shares

29
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un trader, un opérateur en bourse

A

a trader

30
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les échanges, les transactions

A

trading

31
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soutenu, ferme

A

buoyant

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bon marché

A

cheap

33
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languissant

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depressed

34
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cher

A

expensive

35
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sombre

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gloomy

36
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apathique

A

listless

37
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tendu

A

nervous

38
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stable

A

steady

39
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instable

A

1) unstable

2) shaky

40
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s’apprécier, prendre de la valeur

A

to appreciate

41
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être côté (en Bourse)

A

to be quoted/listed

42
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s’effondrer

A

to collapse

43
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boursicoter

A

to dabble on the stock exchange

44
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perdre de la valeur

A

to depreciate

45
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fluctuer

A

to fluctuate

46
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acheter

A

1) to buy

2) to purchase

47
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se redresser

A

to rally

48
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les cours se sont redressés

A

the market has rallied

49
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reprendre

A

to recover

50
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échanger

A

to trade

51
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prendre une participation majoritaire

A

to take a majority shareholding

52
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lentement

A

slowly

53
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soudain, tout d’un coup

A

suddenly

54
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rapidement

A

rapidly