way.\rViewing and speaking\rTask 1\rcash\reasy\rresults\rpay\rbills\rhead\r26 percent / 26%\rclose the deal\rfigures\ridea\rplan\rfine\rbusiness guide\rvoting rights\rsay\rstrong point\rinvestment\r150,000/ 150000\r26 percent / 26%\r1. He has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it's driving him mad.\r2. Stocks are pretty hard to predict. So she has put her money into hedge funds.\r3. A hedge is a way of reducing risk. A hedge fund is a company that creates a stock portfolio that\rtries to balance the market activity.\r4. Analysts examine stocks to assess which ones are likely to go up, and which will likely go\rdown.\r5. He says that if he leaves his money with a fund manager, perhaps the manager can trade his\rstocks in a more profitable way.