Making sense of the jargon

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: July 7, 2009

All these financial terms being tossed around in the news can be confusing to anyone — young or old — who doesn’t have a background in stock market jargon. Youth Radio’s Lauren Silverman didn’t get frustrated when even reading the paper became a chore, instead she got obsessed.

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