Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
Cathy Smart and the investment analysts at 401k Forum help you get down to the ......... with this article about the different asset classes.
A -
baseline
B -
basement
C -
basics
D -
basis
2-
Asset classes are the categories that your different investments ......... into — such as cash, bonds, large-cap stocks, small-cap stocks, and international stocks.
A -
fall
B -
fan
C -
sift
D -
sort
3-
Studies have shown that the key to successful investing is to ......... your wealth among different asset classes.
A -
diverge
B -
expand
C -
range
D -
spread
4-
Market capitalization (market cap) is a measure of the size and value of a company; to determine this, you simply multiply the number of the company's ......... shares of stock by the market price of one share.
A -
corporate
B -
individual
C -
open market
D -
outstanding
5-
Market capitalization is important because history has shown us that the stocks of companies with different market caps ......... differently in terms of return and risk.
A -
behave
B -
comply
C -
gain
D -
operate
6-
Cap-size shift: mid-cap stocks may have once been defined as large cap, but fell out of ......... with investors.
A -
concern
B -
favor
C -
line
D -
satisfaction
7-
Mid-cap stock performance usually falls somewhere in between the returns of their large- and small-cap ..........
A -
companions
B -
counterparts
C -
replicas
D -
surrogates
8-
However, mid- and small-cap stock returns tend to be more ......... than the returns of large-cap stocks.
A -
vaporous
B -
volatile
C -
voluminous
D -
voracious
9-
If a smaller company loses a few key executives, or if the economy takes a ......... for the worse, it only takes a few nervous investors to cause the stock to drop drastically.
A -
dive
B -
path
C -
step
D -
turn
10-
......... can reduce your risk and help protect your investment: if one asset class in your portfolio is performing poorly, there's a chance that another asset class within your portfolio will be performing well.