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From the Ted Talk by Oliver Elfenbaum: How does the stock market work?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
This see-saw of supply and dnaemd is influenced by many factors. coiepmnas are under the unavoidable influence of market forces– such as the fluctuating price of materials, changes in production technology, and the shifting costs of labor. Investors may be worried about changes in leadership, bad pctbluiiy, or larger factors like new laws and trade policies. And of course, plenty of investors are simply raedy to sell valuable stocks and pursue personal interests. All these variables cause day-to-day niose in the market, which can make companies appear more or less secsuufcsl. And in the sotck market, appearing to lose value often leads to losing ivoersnts, and in turn, losing actual value.
Open Cloze
This see-saw of supply and ______ is influenced by many factors. _________ are under the unavoidable influence of market forces– such as the fluctuating price of materials, changes in production technology, and the shifting costs of labor. Investors may be worried about changes in leadership, bad _________, or larger factors like new laws and trade policies. And of course, plenty of investors are simply _____ to sell valuable stocks and pursue personal interests. All these variables cause day-to-day _____ in the market, which can make companies appear more or less __________. And in the _____ market, appearing to lose value often leads to losing _________, and in turn, losing actual value.
Solution
- publicity
- companies
- noise
- demand
- investors
- successful
- stock
- ready
Original Text
This see-saw of supply and demand is influenced by many factors. Companies are under the unavoidable influence of market forces– such as the fluctuating price of materials, changes in production technology, and the shifting costs of labor. Investors may be worried about changes in leadership, bad publicity, or larger factors like new laws and trade policies. And of course, plenty of investors are simply ready to sell valuable stocks and pursue personal interests. All these variables cause day-to-day noise in the market, which can make companies appear more or less successful. And in the stock market, appearing to lose value often leads to losing investors, and in turn, losing actual value.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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- appearing
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- costs
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- labor
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- materials
- noise
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- policies
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- production
- publicity
- pursue
- ready
- sell
- shifting
- simply
- stock
- stocks
- successful
- supply
- technology
- trade
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- unavoidable
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- variables
- worried