Friday

KEY VOCABULARY - STOCK MARKET ANALYSIS


While you watch this analysis of the US stock market's performance over the past week, listen to how these key lexical structures are used:

overall down-trend
cast an eye of suspicion on
to the upside
pave the way
downside pressure
likely
time-frame
to ultimately lead to
overall weakness
to rebuild confidence
to end up (doing)
a reason for concern
to take time to heal
a lot of damage in the market
a downturn
level of resistance
it looks like...
heading back down
to establish a bottom
the worst is over
lately
profit-taking
to flatten out
steady (selling pressures)
to push back up/down
the level was breached
this pattern
so far
back and forth
encountered
to be concerned
a sell-off
to make you aware of
the burden of proof
further downside action