Usually, investors in the United States have bought stocks they expected to keep for many years. Over the long-term, the stock market has always increased. Short-term price decreases only affect people who sell stocks at prices lower than they paid for them. That is why during bull markets, experts tell investors to keep their stocks rather than to sell.
Recently, however, short-term trading has become more popular, especially the one called day trading. Day traders seek to earn money from the daily changes in the price of a stock. Day trading is an extremely risky form of investing. It is possible to gain a large amount of money very quickly by day trading. Most day traders, however, lose money.
通常，在美國(guó)的投資者購(gòu)買(mǎi)他們期望多年持有的股票。股票的長(zhǎng)期行情總是上漲的。短期的價(jià)格下跌只會(huì)影響那些以低于買(mǎi)入價(jià)拋售股票的人。那就是為什么行情處于“牛市”期時(shí)，專家會(huì)勸告投資者們堅(jiān)持持股，不要拋售股票。
然而，近來(lái)短期交易變得越來(lái)越普遍，尤其是一種叫做日炒股交易的方式越來(lái)越流行。日炒股者希望從股票價(jià)格每日變化的股市中贏利。日炒股交易是一種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)極大的投資方式，當(dāng)日交易有可能會(huì)快速賺大錢(qián)，但是大部分日炒股者都是賠錢(qián)的。
The performance of the stock market is measured by stock indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average follows the share prices of thirty leading industrial companies in the United States. The NASDAQ Composite Index is also a major stock index.
People usually have invested in companies that have strong earnings and a large share in their business market. But over the last few years, stocks of companies that promise future growth have had the greatest demand.
In a few years, investors should be able to trade stocks twenty-four hours a day. Seven days a week. And, in the future,
financial markets around the world are expected to be linked. We just have to be a little bit more patient.
My next lecture will focus on electronic dealing and broking, and their impact on the marketplace. Your attendance is most welcome.
股票市場(chǎng)的行情是以股票指數(shù)來(lái)衡量的。道?瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)追蹤美國(guó)三十家主要產(chǎn)業(yè)公司的股價(jià)行情。納斯達(dá)克綜合指數(shù)也是一個(gè)主要的股票指數(shù)人們通常投資于那些具有較強(qiáng)贏利能力而且占有很大市場(chǎng)份額的公司。而近年來(lái)，需求量最大的股票則是那些未來(lái)業(yè)績(jī)看好的公司的長(zhǎng)線股票。
幾年以后，投資者將可能一周七天、一天24小時(shí)地全天候進(jìn)行股票交易。而且，未來(lái)全球金融市場(chǎng)都將聯(lián)網(wǎng)交易。讓我們耐心地等侯一段時(shí)間吧。
下一期的講座我將著重討論電子交易與電子經(jīng)紀(jì)及其對(duì)市場(chǎng)的影響，歡迎各位屆時(shí)光臨。
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