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株式市場について話そう

Talking about the stock market
あなたは外国人の友人と株式市場について話し合っています。
株式市場における専門用語は多いので、英語の用語集をみながら話を進めるとよいでしょう。
How are your investments in the stock market doing?
 
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How are your investments in the stock market doing?

Since I work for a financial institution, personnel stock trading is restricted, so most of my investments are in mutual funds and index funds. I'm investing for the long-term purpose, so I don't pay much attention to day-to-day market movements. However, things have been going relatively well, helped by the weaker yen and strong global equity markets.

自然な表現

Since I work for a financial institution, personal stock trading is restricted, so most of my investments are in mutual funds and index funds. I'm investing for the long term, so I don't pay much attention to day-to-day market movements. However, things have been going relatively well, helped by the weaker yen and strong global equity markets.

1. This is the correct word choice in this context, 'personnel' refers to the people employed in an organization.
2. This is a more natural and concise phrasing. Alternative expression you can use: I'm focused on long-term investments...
The weaker yen has been favorable for Japanese investors with overseas exposure. Do you mainly invest in funds focused on Japan?

No, my mutual fund portfolio is made up of global equities. I believe diversification is important. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about Japan's long-term economic growth given the country's aging population and declining birth rate. My mutual fund is called global fund, but it's weighted basis, so the portfolio is still heavily concentrated in U.S. equities market. As a result, the value of my investments in yen increases when the yen weakens. However, I'm not convinced that the current level of yen weakness will continue, but this tendency will continue considering the economic situation in Japan.

自然な表現

No, my mutual fund portfolio is made up of global equities. I believe diversification is important. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about Japan's long-term economic growth given the country's aging population and declining birth rate. My mutual fund is called a global fund, but it's weighted on a market-cap basis, so the portfolio is still heavily concentrated in U.S. equities. As a result, the value of my investments in yen increases when the yen weakens. However, I'm not convinced that the current level of yen weakness will continue, and this tendency may not continue considering the economic situation in Japan.

1. The Indefinite article 'a' should be used before the singular countable noun 'global fund'.
2. This was added to make the sentence grammatically complete and to specify what the weighting is based on.
3. 'market' is redundant since 'equities' already implies the market context.
4. The conjunction 'and' should be used here to add further information, 'but' is used to introduce a contrasting statement.
5. 'may not continue' should be used in this context to make the overall meaning logically consistent.
That makes sense. I also think suggestion can be surprisingly powerful when we already trust the person giving us the information. Have you ever been strongly influenced by information from a famous person?

Not really. There is a huge amount of information on web or YouTube, but I do not trust it blindly because different people often have completely opposite opinions. Instead of relying on famous people, I prefer to judge based on the past track record of the mutual fund which I am interested in. However, I do not trade frequently, so I do not pay attention on the daily movement.

自然な表現

Not really. There is a huge amount of information on the web or YouTube, but I do not trust it blindly because different people often have completely opposite opinions. Instead of relying on famous people, I prefer to judge based on the past track record of the mutual fund  I am interested in. However, I do not trade frequently, so I do not pay attention to the daily movements.

1. Definite article should be used when referring to the internet or World Wide Web.
2. 'which' is not necessary in this context.
3. The preposition 'to' should be used after 'pay attention', you pay attention to something.
4. It is more suitable to use plural form to refer to fluctuations occurring on a daily basis over time.

関連単語

  • equity（公平、公正、株主資本）
  • securities（（有価）証券、債券）
  • investment（投資、出資）
  • share（分け前、割り当て、（売買の単位としての）株、株式）
  • derivative（金融派生商品、デリバティブ）
  • liquid（液体の、液状の、流動性の、いつでも現金化できる）
  • trader（トレーダー、貿易業者）
  • broker（ブローカー、仲介業者）
  • commodity（商品、売買品）
  • fund（〔投資などの〕資金）

関連フレーズ

  • My investments took a nose dive when the bubble burst.（私の投資はバブルがはじけた時に暴落した。）
  • There are a number of factors that can positively or negatively affect the price of stocks.（株式の価格にプラスまたはマイナスの影響を与える要因はいくつかあります。）
  • A lot of my friends are bracing for another stock market crash.（友達の多くは次の株式市場の暴落に備えています。）
  • Short selling is risky, but can be extremely profitable if you know what you're doing and are a little lucky.（空売りにはリスクがつきものですが、自分が何をしているのかを理解し、少しでも運が良ければ、非常に大きな利益を得ることができます。）
  • Gone are the days when a guy could make a killing in the stock market.（株式市場で大儲けできる時代は終わった。）
  • I can't figure out any rhyme or reason for the fluctuating prices so I just base my decisions on instinct.（どういった理由で価格が変動するのか分からないので、本能に任せて決めています。）
  • More and more people are investing in the stock market these days.（最近ではより多くの人々が株式市場に投資している。）
  • I'm taking advantage of the current bull market by being very conservative.（私は非常に保守的になることで、現在の強気の市場を利用しています。）
  • My stock broker expects a bear market soon and advised me to sell most of my stocks.（株式仲介人はすぐに下げ相場になることを予測していて、私に株の大部分を売るように提案した。）
  • There are times when the stock market is announced independently of any economic news.（株式市場が経済ニュースで単独で放送される時間帯がある。）

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