Bourse:
The term bourse refers to the French word for the stock exchange. A bourse was traditionally organized as a place to buy and sell securities, commodities, options, and other investments. The word is commonly used in Europe where it is used to describe the Paris Stock Exchange and other Euronext exchanges, including those in Amsterdam and Frankfurt. The word bourse as it is used today traces its roots back to 13th century Belgium. [Investopedia]
Yep, I’ve been investing for forty years and did not know that. Noted in a piece of promotional mail from AL-Monitor:
Investors around the world this week have been anxiously awaiting the outcome of trade talks between the United States and China. Gulf bourses, along with the price of oil, have been rising at the prospect of an agreement — which was finally announced on Tuesday — that takes the sting out of the trade war. President Donald Trump said the pact would see China supplying rare earths and magnets and the United States allowing Chinese students into its colleges.
