Intermediate Business Vocabulary

Stocks and Shares

Choose the correct answers from the words in the box below.

investment - profit - portfolio - brokers - capital - stock market - shares - dividends


  1. Many companies distribute a portion of their profits to shareholders in the form of .
  2. A diverse helps reduce the risk of losing all your money on one investment.
  3. Investors use to buy and sell stocks on behalf of clients.
  4. The is a place where stocks and other securities are traded.
  5. Purchasing in a company means owning a part of that company.
  6. Long-term strategies are often safer than short-term trading.
  7. Investors hope to sell their stocks at a higher price to make a .
  8. Initial is required to purchase shares and start investing.

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