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Business Buzzwords: A Rounding Bottom
1. Traders like the rounding bottom in stock pattern
because it can be an indication of a positive market
reversal, meaning expectations are gradually shifting from
bearish to bullish.

a J. Lo
an L.L. Bean
an L.S./M.F.T.
an S.R.O
2. Given the very limited number of buyers for such a large
block, Gates would be in a weak bargaining position; he
might have to sell the stock diffusely in the market or
accept a price for the block, but in either scenario,
he would not achieve full value for his block of shares.

bargain-sale
fire-sale
garage-sale
seat-sale
3. Less than a year ago, Gary B. Pruitt, the head of the
McClatchy Company, was hailed as the knight of
newspapers; while others saw the industry headed for the
dinosaur graveyard, Mr. Pruitt rode in to buy the Knight
Ridder papers, or some of them anyway.

gold
grey
silver
white

4. The American democracy has been stolen by a new
class of barons, the CEOs of our big corporations: a
political system dependent on charity from rich men in
hand-tailored suits with $100 million retirement packages
is no democracy; it is a kleptocracy and is not what our
founding fathers envisioned.

billionaire
building
red
robber
5. When starting for the first time, should you invest all
your money at once, or feed it into your portfolio? —
one study shows that anyone investing a lump sum in one
go would have done better up till now than someone
making regular staged payments because the capital
would have had longer to grow.

bottom
drip
filter
force
6. As suggested by Michaely and Womack (1999),
analysts may commit to provide a shot by increasing
the strength of their recommendation in the face of an
unfavorable market response to the IPO.

booster
long
parting

slap
7. Government regulations prevent tips from , like
corporate executives and board members, for the purpose
of profiting off virtually guaranteed changes in a stock's
price once the news hits the street; anyone with decent
insider information is prevented from profiting from it on
the open market.

dips
drops
taps
tops
8. In the early 1990s, Anglamark was the first organic
alternative in all food categories, covering 80% of
products, and this gave Coop a advantage, but not
for very long — because some competitors complied with
the minimum environmental requirements only, they were
soon able to offer products at lower prices.

first-claimer
first-comer
first-maker
first-mover
9. spread is a position consisting of a combination of
put options and call options that collectively create
commissions so high that it is almost impossible to turn a
profit regardless of which direction the underlier moves;
the term originates from the idea of the spread 'eating the
investor alive'.

A cannibal
An alligator
An anteater
A sashimi
10. Nick Kochan, investigative reporter, describes
techniques used by the launderers, such as ' ', where
large sums of money are broken up into small amounts
that can be deposited into banking systems without
arousing suspicion.

slurping
smurfing
spilling
splitting