Which sentence is correct in the interpretation of this text?

p. s.: could you explain your answer to me? why didn't you choose another alternative? explain it to me using grammatical rules?

a comprehensive study of wealthy families by private bank u. s. trust found that only 40% of high net worth investors feel 'bullishly optimist' about the market. at the same time, 10% said they felt downright pessimist and 12% described themselves as fearful of losing money. jim quilan, chief market strategist for u. s. trust, says a lot of rich people continue worry about regulation, washington gridlock, an the lingering effects of the federal reserve's unprecedented stimulus program, which has propped stocks and the housing market but hasn't done much for the rest of the economy. "there are lot of things keeping them jumping in with both feet', quintan claims. quintan says the rich may also be playing catch-up after sitting on the sidelines for the last few years. the study revealed that wealthy investors who currently hold more than 10% of their portfolio in cash were three times as likely to say they missed out on the market rally. 'these investors have been whipsawed. five years ago their big nest egg was shrinking dramatically' he says. some of these folks may have been lagging behind, now they're coming back.

a) the study was written without using techinical jargon, so that even the uninteated can understand its content.

b) the study actually is not only optimistic, but also sympathetic towards investors, as it author understand the investors' fears.

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d) it is understandable that the u. s trust would realease such a timely report.

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Iwill only mark brainliest if you get it correct. read the following prompt and type your response in the space provided. examine the diagram and text: you see water all around you every day as lakes, rivers, ice, rain and snow. there are also vast amounts of water that are unseen—water existing in the ground. and even though groundwater is unseen, it is moving below your feet right now. as part of the water cycle, groundwater is a major contributor to flow in many streams and rivers and has a strong influence on river and wetland habitats for plants and animals. people have been using groundwater for thousands of years and continue to use it today, largely for drinking water and irrigation. life on earth depends on groundwater just as it does on surface water. there are rivers flowing below our feet … a myth? have you ever heard that there are rivers of water flowing underground? do you think it’s true? actually, it is pretty much a myth. even though there are some caverns, lava, and ice tubes, and horizontal springs that can carry water, the vast majority of underground water occupies the space between rocks and subsurface material. some rivers, such as the alpha river in northern florida, usa, can disappear underground during low flow periods. generally, water underground is more like water in a sponge. it occupies the space is between soil and rock particles. at a certain depth below the land surface, the spaces between the soil and rock particles can be totally filled with water, resulting in an aquifer from which groundwater can be pumped into used by people. courtesy of the u. s. geological survey is there missing or extraneous information in this diagram? are all of the details in the text relevant and accurate? explain using details from the text.