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the new language of investing

And you thought it was tough keeping up with the lingo your teenager throws around! Now, stock market pundits are confidently employing phrases that leave many of us scratching our heads--who among us really know what a "relative value investor" is? In this Money.com article, Walter Updegrave defines (or attempts to) some of these newfangled terms. He's not impressed by the linguistic machinations that financial pros run through to in order to obscure market realities, and he's even less in awe of the financial journalists who collaborate with them--check out the last paragraph in this humorous piece for more.

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:14:10 -0800