トレンドはいつまで続く？

◎Stock indicators barely budged this week after big gains in the prior week. The Dow Jones industrial average did manage to push into the black for the year with a modest gain on Friday but many traders are still cautious. ＊indicator【＠】インジケイター【名-1】指標、 ＊barely【＠】ベアリ【副-1】わずかに、〜するのがやっと、 ＊budge【自動】..

雇用と経済成長

◎Though in most past recessions simultaneous growth in jobs and the economy was considered a given, the past two decades show examples of a divergence. ＊simultaneous【形】同時に起こる、同時の ＊given【＠】ギブン【名-1】既定の事実、前提、＾当然［当たり前］の事 ＊divergence【＠】ダイバージェンス【名】開散、解離性 ◎多くの過去に起こった不況において、雇用と経済の成長は同時に起こるのが、当然と考えられてい..

10000円を回復！！

◎Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei index pulling back from its first move above 10,000 in eight months amid conflicting signs about the strength of an economic recovery. European bourses traded higher. ＊pull back引き戻す、引き返す ＊conflict【＠】コンフリクト【自動】衝突する、争う、抵触する ＊..

行動力が成功を呼ぶ

◎Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell’em, “Certainly I can !” Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore Roosevelt ◎ある仕事ができるかと聞かれたら、「もちろんできます」と返事することだ。それから懸命にそのやり方を見つけよ」 ＊今日はアメリカ26代大統領ルーズベルト言葉。 ＊とってもポジティブな考え方です。 ＊ただ、ポジティブというだけではなく、自分の可能性、器を大きくしていく術を知りぬいた人生の達人といえます。 ..

大きなイベントの後の相場は？

◎U.S. stocks on Friday veered to a mixed finish for the day but higher for the week after the government startled investors by reporting less job losses than expected in May but also a jump in unemployment to 9.4%. ＊veer【＠】ビア【自動】（風向きが）変わる、曲がる、 ＊startle【＠】スタートゥル【他動】〜をびっくりさせる ◎金曜日の米国の株式市場は、週の間上が..

右肩上がりと一人さんの言葉

◎World stock markets and the dollar rallied strongly Friday after a better than expected U.S. jobs report for May stoked hopes that the world's largest economy may emerge out of recession earlier than anticipated. ＊stoke【1-他動-2】（欲望など）〜をかき立てる、興奮させる ＊anticipated【形】予想された ＊emerge【＠】イマージ、浮かび上がる、浮上する..

業績と信用の回復

◎Stocks rose for the fifth time in six days Thursday after analysts raised their ratings on banks and oil prices rose again, making energy firms look increasingly attractive. ＊rate【＠】レイト【名】市場価格 ◎株式市場は木曜日、6日間で5度の上昇をした。アナリストらが資源エネルギー関連企業が急激に魅力的になるとの見通しをして、銀行と石油の価格に関するレイトを再び引き上げたために。 ＊ニューヨークは、..

様子見からチャレンジャーへ

◎ A pair of economic reports on Wednesday indicated only slight improvement in the service and manufacturing sectors, suggesting that any economic recovery will be gradual. ＊a pair of 二つの ＊indicate【＠】インディケイト【他動】〜を指し示す ＊gradual【＠】グラジュアル【形】緩やかな、徐々の、ゆっくりした ◎水曜日に二つの経済レポートがサービスと製造業セクターでほんの少しの改善しか示し..

景気判断「悪化」削除へ

◎The two nations announced that they would launch revamped high level talks the week of July 27, discussions that will not only cover efforts to strengthen economic ties in the midst of a severe global financial crisis but also foreign policy concerns. ＊announce【＠】アナウンス【他動】〜を（公式に）発表する ＊launch【＠】..

復活の日々 リーマンショックを超えるか？

◎Investors were also encouraged by signs of manufacturing stabilization from China, with demand from emerging markets for commodities and other resources seen leading a revival of global growth. ＊encourage【＠】エンカレッジ【他動-1】勇気づける、元気づける、励ます ＊commodities【名】商品、日用品 ＊revival 【＠】リバイバル【名】回復、復活、 ◎投資家たちは中..

ガイトナー財務長官の言葉

◎Geithner told reporters traveling with him Beijing that there are a number of signs the U.S. economy is beginning to stabilize. The U.S. has been mired in its longest recession since World War II. ＊be mired in a recessionリセッションに陥っている ◎ガイトナーはべきんに向かう彼とどうこする記者団に次のことを述べた。米国経済は安定化しはじめている。米国は第二次世界大戦..

6月は上昇か？

◎GM took a huge restructuring step Friday when the United Auto Workers union agreed to a cost-cutting deal, and early Saturday, Germany's finance minister said a plan was approved for Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc. to move ahead with a rescue of GM's Opel unit. *restructure【他動..

GM問題収束へ

◎Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Golda Meir ◎自分を信じなさい。一生つきあって幸せな気分でいられるような自分を作り出すのです。 ◎GM has said it would hope to exit a potential bankruptcy as quickly as possible to..

「投資」と「ニュースの解釈」

◎More than 90 percent of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics are predicting that the current recession, now the longest since World War II, will end either in the third quarter or by the fourth quarter of this year. ＊National Associationナショナル・アソシエーション◆【略】NA全米協会 ..

GM問題と市場

◎World stock markets rose Wednesday despite mounting tensions in the Korean peninsula, as investors continued to warm to hopes that the U.S. economy has seen off the worst of the economic recession and may start to grow later this year. ＊despite【＠】ディスパイト【前】〜にもかかわらず ＊mount【＠】マウント【1-他動-1】〜に＾上がる［登る..