Though dealers insist that professional art dealers can make money in the art market, even an ________ knowledge is not enough: the art world is so fickle that stock-market prices are ________ by comparison.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A amateur’s D booming
B investor’s E erratic
C insider’s F predictable
What do you think, Shakhaowat?
Start with the second word as only one of the possibilities could work there. A clue is that the market is described as ‘fickle’.
If the art world is quite fickle/changeable then the stock-market prices will also be erratic if we compare. Am I right?
That’s right - so it should be easy to work out the rest now.