The country's long-awaited NASDAQ-style second board could start around October with 40 listed firms, it was suggested Sunday. The opening of the second board has been timed to coincide with the completion of the initial public offering reform on the main board.

so what does second board & main board mean?

second board就是股市中的“創(chuàng)業(yè)板”或“二板”，也稱為growth enterprise board (GEB)，是指main board（主板，即各國(guó)主要的證券交易場(chǎng)所）之外的專為暫時(shí)無法上市的中小企業(yè)和新興公司提供融資途徑和成長(zhǎng)空間的證券交易市場(chǎng)。

?一直聽到IPO，那你們知道IPO的全稱是什么嗎？

IPO=initial public offering? “首次公開募股”

還有其他一些跟股市有關(guān)的單詞：

bear market（熊市）?
blue chips（藍(lán)籌股，績(jī)優(yōu)股）
opening/closing price（開/收盤價(jià)）?
listed firm（上市公司）
initial share（原始股）?
daily limit（每日停板限額）
retail / private investor（散戶）
broker/dealer（券商）
debt-for-equity swap（債權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)股權(quán)）
PE ratio=price/earnings ratio（市盈率）
sell-off（拋售）??
dip/edge down/slip lower (小幅下跌)
crash/collapse/crumble/slump(大幅快速下跌)??
open low（低開）