Business English Lesson – Advanced Level''''s archiveThe White Metal ppt

Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive
The White Metal
1. If the silver market longs get back in and buy the heck
out of the markets to teach the big sellers a lesson,
restoring trading to above the 2-year trend line, a failed
'bear ' will have occurred; but if the cheap raid ends
up paying off for the big sellers, it could send silver down a
series of stale long sell stops and shake up the market's
complacency.

sale
spread
trail
trap
2. 1040 is the simplest version of Form 1040, U.S.
Individual Income Tax Return, used by taxpayers with no
deductions, no adjustments, income of only wages,
interest, or unemployment compensation, and no
dependents.

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EZ
IQ
OK
3. The Board Options Exchange (CBOE) was
founded in 1973 as the first U.S. options exchange and
trading begins on standardized, listed options; April 26, the
first day of trading, saw 911 contracts traded on 16
underlying stocks.

Charleston

Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
4. rate mortgages could be the perfect deal if you're
unsure which way interest rates are going; they also help if
you're planning ahead or working to a budget — you know
exactly what your monthly repayments will be, perfect for
the control freak in you.

Fit
Fixed
Set
Variable
5. A stock company is a company (usually
unincorporated) which has the capital of its members
pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent
ownership interest and shareholders are legally liable for
all debts of the company.

common
joint
limited
venture
6. Amid other international efforts to help Sierra Leone
recover from a decade-long civil war, the Club of
official bilateral creditor nations agreed in October to
cancel about $72 mn of the West African country's foreign
debt, estimated in 1999 at around $888 mn.

London

Paris
Stockholm
Washington
7. A Premium Deferred Annuity (SPDA), a
retirement planning product, is an interest-earning annuity
contract between you and an insurance company; in
return for an initial investment, the company promises to
pay you the investment plus accrued interest on the
maturity date of the annuity.

Simple
Single
Standard
Stated
8. Unless you give your broker specific instructions to the
contrary, orders to buy or sell a stock are ' orders' —
those that have been placed but not executed during
regular trading hours will not automatically carry over into
after-hours trading or the next regular trading day.

day
limit
one-shot
up-time
9. A company's first annual must be within 18
months of incorporation, and the one after that must be
within 15 months of the previous one.

audit
meeting

report
review
10. Nothing is more worrisome than dealing with
taxes; in such a situation, you need tax debt relief through
IRS tax debt settlement help.

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