股票市场.doc

5-1The stock market
口译 2009-03-10 22:05:07 阅读3 评论0 字号:大中小
我很高兴能见到这么多的听众。不过这只是一个普及性的讲座。股票是指对某个公司的份额的拥有。公司出售股票作为一种不需借款而筹资的方式。人们购买股票作为一种投资,希望通过股价上涨而获利。
I’ m very happy to see such a large audience. But this lecture on the stock market is meant for beginner. A stock is an ownership share in business. Companies sell stock as a way to raise money without borrowing. People buy stock as an investment, in the hope of making a profit on an increase in the stock’s price.
美国的股票交易所于1792年诞生于纽约。纽约股票交易所是美国最古老的金融市场,同时也是世界上最大的股票市场。
3000多家美国上市公司和国际性公司的股票在纽约股票交易所进行交易,总股价约占全美上市公司总市值的80%。
The stock market in the United States began in New York City in 1972. The New York stock exchange is the oldest financial market in the United Stated, and the largest stock market in the world.
The stocks of more than three thousand American and panies are traded on the New York Exchange. Together the stock represents about eighty percent of the value of all publicly panies in America.
股票经纪人和交易商是传统的股票交易系统的一个重要组成部分。这些金融专家凭借其对金融市场及商务的专业知识而取得报酬。但是,因特网的出现使普通老百姓易于获得有关公司和股票的信息。现在很多人愿意自我管理投资的方式。
大约50年前,只有5%的美国人拥有股票,他们通常是一些很富有的人,相互进行股票交易。今天,几乎50%的美国人持有股票,而且16%的股票是在因特网上交易的。
Stockbrokers and dealers have been an important part of the traditional stock trading system. These experts are paid for their knowledge of financial markets and business. But the has made it easy for the general public to get information pa