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== Markets, banking, finance and investments == | == Markets, banking, finance and investments == | ||
Market slang contains '''a lot of synonyms and words with overlapping meanings''' ( e.g. capital, equity, shares, stock, investments, holdings, assets etc. almost used interchangeably ) and could be argued that this is done intentionally to render investorspeak non-understandable for the non-investor. Like all cliques and guilds ( lawyers, doctrors etc. ) develop language to make their trade harder for others ( outsiders ) to understand. | Market slang contains '''a lot of synonyms and words with overlapping meanings''' ( e.g. capital, equity, shares, stock, investments, holdings, assets etc. almost used interchangeably ) and could be argued that this is done intentionally to render investorspeak non-understandable for the non-investor. Like all cliques and guilds ( lawyers, doctrors etc. ) develop language to make their trade harder for others ( outsiders ) to understand. | ||
== Language tools and resources== | |||
== Language tools == | |||
* http://www.onelook.com - look up English words in English from over 500 dictionaries with one search | * http://www.onelook.com - look up English words in English from over 500 dictionaries with one search | ||
* http://www.etymonline.com - look up etymologies of English lang words. '''Start with [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Business&searchmode=none etymology of the word "business"]''' | * http://www.etymonline.com - look up etymologies of English lang words. '''Start with [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Business&searchmode=none etymology of the word "business"]''' | ||
* http://www.wordreference.com - free high quality dictionaries | * http://www.wordreference.com - free high quality dictionaries | ||
* http://www.memrise.com - Language learning environment with a plethora of learning programs | * http://www.memrise.com - Language learning environment with a plethora of learning programs | ||
== Recommended reading == | |||
* [[w:The Stock Exchange (book)]] written by [[w:Max Weber]] in 1894-1896 in what is now [[w:Germany]] at under 100 pages it was originally published as a 2-part informational leaflets for workers suspicious and out-of-the-loop in of the ways of the bourses it remains to this date a very relevant and almost essential read should you want begin to understand the flavours of modern [[w:investment]]. | |||