The Business 7.2

This house, definitely. I bought it near the end of the bear market of the 90s and since then it's tripled in (1 )___________.

• value

• size

• height

• price

When I was quite young I was persuaded to put all my eggs in one basket. One financial basket: the stock market. I used all my spare cash to buy (2) ___________,

• portfolio

• value

• equities

• bricks and mortar

One financial basket: the stock market. I used all my spare cash to buy (2 ) equities, mainly in blue chip (3 )___________.

• portfolio

• companies

• buy-to-let

• bricks and mortar

But they still plummeted in value very soon afterwards, when the markets crashed and the (4 )___________ set in

• companies

• diversify

• entails

• recession

Did that put you off investment?

No. Quite the opposite. I was determined to (5 )___________, so I started over.

• relose my coups

• recoup my losses

• recap my losses

• reboot my bosses

That’s when I started out in property and over a period of 12 years I’ve built up a(n) (6 )___________of 12 flats

• company

• portfolio

• equities

• recession

Little did I know I would wind up as the (7 )___________queen I am today, or so I have been described.

• Carnival

• recession

• let-to-buy

• Buy-to-let

TYPE ANSWER- But seriously, no, I don't. I actually see myself as a cautious investor. Indeed, my financial adviser describes me as (8 )_______.

But that does not stop me from taking difficult decisions.

One of my mantras is (9 )___________or die.

Without going into too much detail, I make sure I’m (10 )__________ to investments in several different currencies.