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Grammar

1 Write the effect (1-4) next to the correct cause in the table below.

1    They are over before investors can take advantage of them

2    They buy morę in winter

3    It is difficult to predict

4    People buy less in the summer

Cause    Effect

In December people often feel positive aboutthe New Year

People are on holiday in July and August The stock market is influenced by many different things

Big gains in share prices usually happen very suddenly

2 Now complete the following text with the link words from the box below. If you have difficulty, look again at page 41 (cause and effect words) and page 49 (contrast words) in the Studenfs Book. You need to use two words twice.

SEASONAL CHANGES IN SHARE PRICES

There is some evidence that stock markets give better returns at certain times of the year. The traditional idea is that share prices rise in the winter 1 ....kuf..... then they fali in the summer. One obvious explanation of this is

that people buy less in the summer 2...............they are on holiday in July

and August. In December, people often feel positive about the New Year

changes in the stock market. The stock market is much morę difficult to

predict than this 5............... it is affected by so many different things, like

wars and natural disasters. In addition, the really big gains in share prices

usually happen very ąuickly 6............... they are over before investors can

take advantage of them. It is morę important to invest for the long term than to try to predict the stock markefs every move.

so because fetrt however

Vocabulary

8    A market where share prices are rising is a..........market (4)

9    A company which is at least 51 % owned by another is a..........

company (10)

10    Part of the money invested in a business (5)

11    The action of making shares available to the public for the first time (9)

12    The result of joining two companies together (6)

13    The part of the company profits which is paid to shareholders (8)

Down

1    Money which is used for investment (7)

2    Profits madę from investments (7)

3    A certain ąuantity of shares (5)

4    Oil, gold and coffee are all examples of..........(ll)

5    Someone who can buy and sell shares for you (6)

7    If you don’t want to invest in shares, you might invest in these (5)

8    A market where share prices are falling is a..........market (4)

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