Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell. However, I know from personal experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was【C1】______hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of quitting my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world. But these dreams【C2】______ to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I【C3】______ , Texas cellular phone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 percent 【C4】______a one-year period. On the 【C5】______ day, it plunged by more than $ 15 a share. There was a rumor the company was exaggerating sales figures. That was when I learned how quickly Wall Street【C6】______ companies that misrepresent the【C7】______. In a【C8】______ , I sold all my stock in the company, paying 【C9】______ margin debt with cash advances from my credit card. Because I owned so many shares, I【C10】______ a small fortune, half of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a winner, the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market.