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rEAD thE Following tExt.ChoosE thE BEst worD(s) For EACh numBErED BlAnk AnD mArkA,B,C、orD、onAnswEr shEEt 1.

mAny pEoplE invEst in thE stoCk mArkEt hoping to FinD thE nExt miCrosoFt AnDDEll. howEvEr, i know{{u}} (1) {{/u}}pErsonAl ExpEriEnCE how DiFFiCult this rEAlly is. For morE thAn A yEAr, i wAw{{u}} (2) {{/u}}hunDrEDs AnD somEtimEs thousAnDs oF DollArs A DAy invEsting in thE mArkEt. it sEEmED so EAsy, i DrEAmED oF{{u}} (3) {{/u}}my joB At thE EnD oF thE yEAr, oF Buying A smAll ApArtmEnt in pAris, oF trAvEling ArounD thE worlD、But thEsE DrEAms{{u}} (4) {{/u}}to A suDDEn AnD DrAmAtiC EnD whEn A stoCk i{{u}} (5) {{/u}}, tExAs CEllulAr ponE wholEsAlEr, FEll By morE thAn 75 pErCEnt{{u}} (6) {{/u}}A onE yEAr pErioD、on thE{{u}} (7) {{/u}}DAy, it plungED By morE thAn $ 15 A shArE. thErE wAs A rumor thE CompAny wAs{{u}} (8) {{/u}}sAlEs FigurEs. thAt wAs whEn i lEAmED how quiCkly wAll strEEt{{u}} (9) {{/u}}CompAniEs thAt misrEprEsEnt thE{{u}} (10) {{/u}}. in A{{u}} (11) {{/u}}, i solD All my stoCk in thE CompAny, pAying{{u}} (12) {{/u}}mArgin DEBt with CAsh ADvAnCEs From my{{u}} (13) {{/u}}CArD、BECAusE i ownED so mAny shArEs, i{{u}} (14) {{/u}}A smAll FortunE, hAlF oF it From monEy i BorrowED From thE BrokErAgE CompAny. onE month, i Am A{{u}} (15) {{/u}}, thE nExt, A losEr. this onE Big loss wAs my First lEsson in thE mArkEt. my FAthEr wAs A stoCkBrokEr, As wAy my grAnDFAthEr{{u}} (16) {{/u}}him. (in FACt, hE FounDED onE oFChiCAgo’s EArliEst BrokErAgE Firms. )But likE so mAny things in liFE, wE Don’t lEArn Anything until wE{{u}} (17) {{/u}}it For oursElvEs. thE only wAy to rEAlly unDErstAnD thE innEr{{u}} (18) {{/u}}oF thE stoCk mArkEt is to invEst your own hArD-EArnED monEy. whEn All your stoCks ArE Doing{{u}} (19) {{/u}}AnD you FEEl likE A winnEr, you lEArn vEry littlE. it’s whEn All your stoCks ArE losing AnD EvEryonE is quEstioning your stoCk-piCking{{u}} (20) {{/u}}thAt you FinD out iF you hAvE whAt it tAkEs to invEst in thE mArkEt.

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