The graph shows the value in US dollars (in millions of dollars) of investment in funds of four categories from 1988 to 2014.
The line graph displays the amount of money invested in four financial assets between 1988 and 2014, including real
estate
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gold
, fine Use synonyms
art
, and stock. Millions of US Use synonyms
dollars
are used as units of measurement.
It is obvious that over the indicated period, all four investment fund categories increased.
The one that increased the most dramatically was Use synonyms
gold
. In 1988, about 50 Use synonyms
million
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dollars
were spent on real Use synonyms
estate
and stock investments, Use synonyms
while
75 Linking Words
million
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dollars
were spent on fine Use synonyms
art
, and 100 Use synonyms
million
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dollars
were spent on Use synonyms
gold
. The value of an investment in fine Use synonyms
art
fluctuated over the ensuing 18 years. Use synonyms
In contrast
, there was a modest increase in real Linking Words
estate
investment (about $100 Use synonyms
million
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while
interest in company shares and Linking Words
gold
increased significantly, with figures for both increasing to more than $200 Use synonyms
million
.
From 2006 to 2014, Use synonyms
gold
was the most heavily invested asset, peaking at 450 Use synonyms
million
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dollars
before falling. Fine Use synonyms
art
was Use synonyms
next,
steadily rising from 100 to about 325 Linking Words
million
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dollars
. Comparatively, since 2006, the value of the company's stock and real Use synonyms
estate
has only increased by about $50 Use synonyms
million
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 5 times.
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