The Hindu Editorial (Up, up and away) – Jul 28, 2018

India’s benchmark stock indices are roaring again, with the Nifty and the Sensex scaling all-time highs on Friday, crossing the 11,200 and 37,300 levels, respectively. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Up, up and away) – Jul 28, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Up, up and away) – Jul 28, 2018:

rally (noun) – recovery, upturn, improvement (after decline).
indices – plural of index (noun) – measure; guide, indication.
foreign institutional investors (FII) (noun) – companies established or incorporated outside India and make proposals for investments in India. These include hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies.
correction (noun) – a decline or downward movement of a stock market.
swift (adjective) – rapid, quick, fast.
reflective (adjective) – thoughtful, contemplative, introspective.
secular (adjective) – relating to a fluctuation/trend occurring slowly over a long period of time.
blue-chip stocks (noun) – stocks/companies which provide stocks & shares are called blue-chip stocks wherein investments are safe and profitable.
lag behind (phrasal verb) – trail, fall back, straggle/move slowly.
divergence (noun) – difference, deviation/drift, variance.
large-cap (noun) – company with a large market capitalization, more than $10 billion. Mid cap is with market capitalization between $2 billion and $10 billion and Small cap is with less than $2 billion market capitalization.
market capitalisation (noun) – market cap is the market value of a company’s issued share capital – in other words. the number of shares multiplied by the current price of those shares on the stock market.
multi-bagger stocks & returns (noun) – (a stock which gives) multi-fold returns (more than 100%) to an investor in a short span of time.
reminiscent (adjective) – similar to, comparable with, bearing comparison with.
bear market (noun) – a share/financial market in which share prices are falling (or) are expected to fail/decline over a period of time. A “bear market” is any time period where stocks are declining in value.
bull market (noun) – a share/financial market in which share prices are rising (or) are expected to rise over a period of time. A “bull market” is any time period where stocks are going up in value.
breadth (noun) – range, extent, scope.
presage (verb) – portend, augur, foretell.

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