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| aggressively | adv. competitively, assertively |
| attitude | n. a feeling about something or someone |
| commit | v. to consign for future use, to promise |
| conservative | adj. cautious, restrained |
| fund | n. an amount of money for something specific // v. to provide money for |
| invest | v. to put money into a business or activity with the hope of making more money; to put effort into something |
| long-term | adj. involving or extending over a long period |
| portfolio | n. a list of investments |
| pull out | v. to withdraw, to stop participating // n. a withdrawal, removal |
| resource | n. assets; valuable things |
| return | n. the amount of money gained as profit |
| wisely | adv. knowledgeably, smartly |
| to weather (ups and downs of the market) | v. to come through (something) safely; survive - We decided to keep our money in the market and try to weather the financial crisis. // They are going to weather the ups and downs of the market instead of pulling their money out. |
| stock market | n. the Stock Exchange - a market where stocks and bonds are traded (Our company has traded its shares on the Stock Market for 10 years. // The Stock Market fluctuates daily; the prices of shares go up and down.) |
| stockbroker | n. a person who buys and sells securities and other stocks on a commission basis for customers // an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds (The stockbroker advised us to buy 1000 shares in Walmart as it is a successful company.) |
| investment | n. the investing of money or capital for profitable returns; money that is invested with an expectation of profit (We have a large investment in Walmart, and we expect to get a big return (profit) on our investment.) // n. the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result (This project is important to me as I have made an investment of many hours and a lot of energy.) |
| investor | n. a person who invests money; someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns (Mr. Jones is a smart investor; he knows exactly where to put his money in order to get a good return.) |
| stock | n. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; the shares of a specified company or industry (We own 1000 stocks (shares) in Fiat. ) |
| dividend | n. a sum (an amount) paid to shareholders out of company earnings (I receive a monthly dividend of about $0.34 per share, so I get $34 a month for my 100 shares.) |
| capital | n. material wealth owned by an individual or business enterprise; wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value; any assets or resources, esp when used to gain profit or advantage; capital investment = the total cash investment that shareholders have made in a company (I invested a small amount of capital in Ferrari.) |
