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Business English Practice | Topic: Banking/Investing/Financial terms 6
Choose the correct response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. Asset ___________________ involves dividing an investment portfolio among different asset
categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash.
a) allocation b) collocation c) information
2. In banking terms, someone's portfolio is a collection of their ___________________.
a) investments b) investors c) graphic design projects
3. ___________________ investor is more likely to risk losing money in order to get better results.
a) A passive b) A timid c) An aggressive
4. What's the opposite of an aggressive investor?
a) A concerned investor b) A conservative investor c) A cornered investor
5. ___________________ the stock market can be risky, but it often yields higher returns than other
investments.
a) Doing b) Working c) Playing
6. Proponents of diversification believe that you shouldn't put all your eggs ___________________.
a) in one basket b) in one bag c) in one backpack
7. A mutual fund is a form of ___________________ investment that pools money from many
investors and invests their money in stocks, bonds, and other securities etc.
a) collective b) collected c) collated
8. A commodity is something that is relatively easily ____________________. ( = examples of this
are crude oil, sugar, gold, etc.)
a) trained b) traced c) traded
9. Whenever I __________________ ( = notice) a trend, I let my clients know about it.
a) view b) spot c) sport
10. What are the __________________ risks associated with this approach?
a) money-losing b) financial c) financier
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Business English Exercise | Topic: Banking/Investing/Financial terms 6
ANSWERS:
1) a 2) a 3) c 4) b 5) c 6) a 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) b