Task 12. Match the key words from the previous passage with their corresponding definitions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 495.

Task 11. Read the following article, underline key words and phrases and translate them into Ukrainian.

Europeans log on to investment fever

A growing number of Europeans have on-line investment fever. There is a stock market boom at the moment and as web surfing gains popularity across Europe. More and more people are logging on to shop for financial products, and buying and selling stocks.

Compared with the United States, where about 20 % of all stock trades are entered from the Internet, the movement in Europe is still in its infancy. But as the trend gathers pace (moves faster and faster), Americans internet brokers have begun moving into Britain and increasingly are selling their sights on the continent as well.

Nowhere is the trend more apparent than in Britain. In April, Charles Schwab Corp set up an on-line trading service, and in June, the E-Trade group, based in California, announced a joint venture with a British partner, as well as licensing agreements in Germany. Other internet brokers such as Ameritrade and DLJ Direct, are studying moves to catch up.

The long-range goal is to expand the system into a truly global marketplace where investors in any country will be able to trade freely in stocks across national boundaries.