Bulle und Bär – Fachbegriffe, die für Investoren ihr Dasein bedeuten, also einiges zur Börsensprache, die seit Jahrhunderten die Finanzenwelt steuert

Abstract

The article focuses on the realm of stock exchange and its terminology. It starts with a historical overview of stock exchange in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the one in Frankfurt am Main. The main objective of the article, however, is to present the key stock market terms. After characterising the terms from the stock exchanges in Paris and the United States, the author discusses lexis from the online version of the German stock-market daily newspaper, Börsen­Zeitung. The data comes from the first half of 2013. Thirty terms with the highest frequency have been selected and analysed.