Intelligent Business, Upper, Unit 9 Vocabulary

Investing in Euro tunnel was not as . . . . . . as investors thought it would be.

• lucrative

• benefit

• rich

• soothing

He made a . . . . . . . . .by investing on the stock exchange

• repair

• fortune

• turnover

• currency

The company has announced a . . . . . . . . of 25 cents per ordinary share.

• increase

• income

• profit

• dividend

In the UK business . . . . . . . . . . . . are a more important source of investment for start-ups than venture capital funds.

• leaders

• sponsors

• angels

• entrepreneurs

Ethical investment may possibly mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but they are made in projects that, for example, don't harm the environment.

• less worry

• more freedom

• little salary

• lower returns

50 per cent of his . . . . . . . . . . . is in European shares and the rest is in American and Asian investments.

• volume

• portfolio

• activity

• shareholders

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stocks are considered safe investment options as they can endure economic downturns and are not highly volatile.

• Steady

• Long-term

• Blue-chip

• Green-mark

Whenever this opinionated investor's judgment failed him, he . . . . . . . . . . . . huge losses

• incurred

• pretended

• witnessed

• felt

. . . . . . . . . . . . occurs when a business develops a new product or expands into a new market.

• Diversification

• Expenditure

• Boosting

• Digress