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:
- Explain “ticker tape confusion”.
- What mistakes have traders been making in buying shares?
- What are the reasons for such trading mistakes? How can said share buying mistakes be prevented?
- 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?
- Have you ever invested? Talk about what you know about investing.