CAC 40

Pronounced "Kack. Karonte." It's The French Forty or their equivalent of the Dow, kinda. The 40 biggest, bestest, mostest French companies on the Bourse or French Exchange. Try not to sound like you're coughing when you pronounce it...the French hate that.

Conversation starter: what would the mostest French company make? Cheese? Wine? A rude waiter training school?

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