Fill in the blank :

- A: Company X / Company Y

- B: Company X / Company Y

- Company X is a: in income / a growth / a small-cap / a speculative

- earnings that: increase/ remains stable / decrease

- Company Y is a : a small-cap / a large-cap / an income / a blue chip

- relatively: low / high

true/false

6. Identifying types of common stock What are the types of common stock? There are many types of common stock, each of which offers the investor different risks and rewards. Suppose you currently own stock in two different types of companies, Company X and Company Y. The chart below depicts the share values of Company X and Company Y's stock for the years 2000- 2012. Based on what you know about the different company types, identify which line is more likely to correspond to which company. STOCK PRICE 200 160 120 80 40 B 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 YEAR B Company X Company X is a stock company known for its stable stream of earnings that risk. Company Y Company Y is stock company known for growth spurts that can dramatically affect earnings and stock prices, and most of which hold the potential for relatively risk. True or False: One way of protecting against the kind of stock-value losses suffered by most stocks during the 2009 recession is by investing in cyclical stocks. False True