STOCK MARKET ANALYSIS : WEEK 20

Listen to this analysis of last week's US stock market performance. Key vocabulary, expressions and jargon are highlighted below.



"(it) capped-off a great week"
"that forty-week moving average"
prior level
to be cautiously optimistic
to the upside
to break past
to hold back
two days in a row
a daily time-frame
"this inverted head and shoulders position"
to outline
a little bit of weakness
a recovery
the height of
an upward objective
"to stay focused on where the action is"
"a lot of people are geting tripped up in this market"
to soar past
it doesn't make sense
back and forth
to regain control
"sneaking higher" (to sneak)
to hold above
"we would likely expect to see"
to generally be aware of
"basically, a waste of time"
"that's enough said about that for now"
to grind higher
reason for concern
signs of trouble
to breathe easy
it turns out to be
to fail
to be taken by surprise
"to give a bit of room (to)"
a pull-back
innocent until proven guilty
the benefit of the doubt
to reverse
"too much of a good thing"
the healthiest