Monday's Assignment

Monday, April 11, 2016

Monday's Assignment

Good morning! Which way do you think the market will go this week? What's this picture all about?

Did you laugh? What's the meaning of "to break even"?

This week's theme is on Banking and Finances--Loans, Mortgages, and Investments. To begin with, we're going to have a look at sentence structure and an article on online brokers.

Here are your tasks:

1. Watch this simple and harder video on sentence diagramming.
1. Outline the 1st sentence of this article, "It's not .
• It’s not a beauty contest,
• It is contest.
1. Outline the 2nd, “The dozen …."
• The dozen firms in the ranking have converged on cost to a point where sub-$10 commissions for all are near universal. 
• Firms have converged 
• Compare your sentence outlines with at least 3 partners.
• Looking at the table of “Broker and Final Grade,” learn all new words/expressions and write 5 T/F statements.
1. The Credential direct's  account reporting and maintenance is solid and no fantastic.
2. HSBC Invest Direct's client experience is good.
3. Quastrade's account reporting and maintenace is not strong.
4. RBC Direct Investing's should not have a sharper product.
5. The Virtual Broker's Innovation never stop.
2. Role play: Stock Market
1. Listen, and then practise out loud in pairs.
• Publish your audio recording on your blog.