Share Buying Mistakes

B2 – Upper Intermediate

According to stock market experts, more and more traders commit mistakes in buying shares in the wrong company. This could be a result of the recent trading controversy involving GameStop. This frenzy highlighted the mix-up traders can commit when buying shares.

Read this article on the growing incidence of share buying mistakes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56020950

Discussion Questions:

  1. Explain “ticker tape confusion”.
  2. What mistakes have traders been making in buying shares?
  3. What are the reasons for such trading mistakes? How can said share buying mistakes be prevented?
  4. What are your thoughts on the fact that mistakes are not only committed by novice and private investors but even by retail and institutional ones?
  5. Have you ever invested? Talk about what you know about investing.
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