Study the graph and complete the description with the expressions given below. There are five extra expressions which you do not need to use. Complete the answer table.

A) RISE IN B) LEVEL OFF C) SHARP RISE BY, D) FLUCTUATED, E) A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, F) INCREASED, G) DRAMATIC, H) DRAMATICALLY I) SHARPLY, J) A PEAK, K) GRADUALLY

Interviewer: In today's programme we are talking to John Buck from Fund-A-Mental Advisors who is going to tell us about the best way to invest our money.

Expert: Currently, because of the global crisis, it is not recommended to put your money into funds which invest in equities. As you can see from the diagram, the overall loss in the Global Fund, which is one of the riskiest, reached almost 25% in one year. Despite its initial 1) ________ 18% in June, the trend did not continue and the profit 2) _______ in July, August and September between 10 and 12%. October brought 3) ________ of 15 percentage points to 25%, which was the peak. Later the tendency unfortunately reversed. First, the profit decreased slightly from 25 to 20% and again fell, even more dramatically, in December reaching the “zero” level. Thanks to good investments, in January the situation improved with the profit rise of 5%. Next, in February, we saw a 4) ______ fall to -10%. In the following months the downward trend continued 5) ______. In March there was a further decline of another 10 percentage points. The loss reached 6) ______ of 25% in April. On the basis of the diagram, we can see that investment into funds may be unprofitable. It is better to invest in bonds or other money market instruments.

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