Here are some common French vocabulary words you might expect to run across when reading an investment/finance article in French, or a review of a large company.
People and Firms in Finance
| bank executive | un cadre de banque |
| stockbroker | un agent de change |
| investor | un investisseur (f. une investisseuse) |
| CEO (Chief Executive Officer) | le président-directeur général |
| hedge fund | des fonds de couverture |
| security analyst | un/une analyste financier |
Analysts’ Views on a Company
| cash reserves | les réserves de caisse |
| corporate stock | les actions de société |
| bond issue | une émission d’obligations |
| matured bond | une obligation échue |
| preferred stock | les actions privilégiées |
| balance sheet | un bilan |
| income statement | un compte de résultat |
Next Steps
Finance and business vocabulary comes up frequently if you’re reading French news, following French-language markets, or working in a bilingual professional environment. For broader reading practice, our French political vocabulary list covers related professional and governmental terms. And if you want to keep building your overall reading fluency in French, working through authentic French-language articles with a tutor on italki is a great way to put vocabulary like this into active use.
