„The Stock Market” Vocabulary
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share 🍕 (noun)
Meaning: akcja
- I bought 100 shares 🍕 in Google in 2004.
shareholder (noun, person | „investor”)
Meaning: akcjonariusz
- Many Tesla shareholders were angry about Elon Musk’s 'weird’ behaviour.
- Most shareholders lost money in the crash of 2008-9.
dividend (noun)
Meaning: Dywidenda
- After a very difficult year, shareholders were told there would be no dividend.
Bull Market 🐂 (idiom)
Meaning: hossa
- During the 10-year Bull Market, everyone made money.
Bear Market 🐻 (idiom)
Meaning: bessa
- Some shareholders lost everything in the bear market.
volatile (adjective)
Meaning: lotny
- During the 2026 war in Iran, oil prices were extremely volatile (adjective), rising and falling dramatically.
- Price volatility (noun) is a problem for most businesses, making it very difficult to make future plans.
crash 💥 (noun + verb)
Meaning: krach giełdowy
- In the 2008, Stock Market Crash, some banks, like Bear Sterns were completely destroyed. They were forced into bankruptcy.
portfolio (noun)
Meaning: portfel inwestycyjny
- I’ve got a wide variety of shares in my portfolio – Google, Tesco, and Cadbury…
investor (noun, person | „shareholder”)
Meaning: Investor
- Many investors lost everything when Enron went into bankruptcy.
(stock)broker (noun, person)
Meaning: makler giełdowy
- As the SpaceX IPO got closer, I contacted my (stock)broker and asked him to get me 1,000 shares at £55 per share.
rally (verb + noun)
Meaning: rajd giełdowy / silny wzrost cen
- Share prices fell 10% when the USA attacked Iran, but gradually rallied and ended the day only 1% down.
market capitalisation (market cap) (noun)
Meaning: kapitalizacja rynkowa
- Comarch has a market cap of about $750 million, while Google (Alphabet) has a market cap of around $4.8 trillion 😬
- Enron’s market cap fell dramatically when the CEO announced a series of 'accounting problems’.
blue-chip stock (noun)
Meaning: akcje spółki o ugruntowanej pozycji rynkowej
- I don’t invest in start-ups or 'risky’ companies. I prefer Blue-chip stocks like Apple, Cadbury, McDonalds, IBM, and Walmart. They are less 'exciting’ but also (usually) less volatile and more reliable.
initial public offering (IPO) (noun)
Meaning: pierwsza oferta publiczna (IPO)
- Elon Musk is hoping to raise $75 billion in the SpaceX 🚀 IPO. It is going to be hugely popular with investors, but will it bring them profits?
return on investoment (ROI) (noun)
Meaning: zwrot z inwestycji
- The fund was happy to put money into my company, but they wanted a high ROI.
- A normal, healthy, long-term ROI in the stock market is 7% to 10% annually, while the ROI for real estate investments is usually 5% to 15%.
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