 鲜花( 3)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
 New Stock Market Terms:
; o9 b7 c7 f2 x" G+ b
! F: B# z$ O: K: g- FCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. 5 f! w. j, [- @7 a ^) P9 F
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. # U' q3 Y9 ~4 e# i9 l
3 M) O3 O: E& ~7 o, d/ k5 GBULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. - ]% x$ w! e: ?+ E" f
BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. % n; u* l: q/ o; f# D) M- V: s8 I: {* F
$ o0 j `# r* N7 l8 Y, c. i
VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
1 L) M$ r0 ? F" E& ?; m
7 F; f* c0 e% v5 D; qP/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. 7 Q8 \$ e& o; h. x/ i
6 U* ?9 e c f/ {, H& n2 o1 MBROKER -- What my broker has made me. S8 v8 v$ |+ o0 l; d7 G
$ K, y" @ l5 n9 n
STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
5 [9 b# ^& f1 e; Y n* B @* h0 B/ d) B; b+ p" y
STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
& [! u8 M7 D- y% |% w# X, S6 [0 e8 `1 {2 @; {2 S6 m0 {
STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
! M B S! x/ M
1 k' z2 o1 G4 B# FFINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. $ |; n; W, W. y/ w3 o) O0 H7 F
' c, J: ?- v; f! b, i' ZMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
2 Y7 n' g' a' I; m! z& Z' ^; `! E! }* a: ^* Q/ s8 e
CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
: x6 o! Y0 g% U# W q `1 C( N; t! Q% _& n6 O6 M
YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
' ]- l, M3 p; N, o U4 g/ z% ]+ U' J7 M/ r7 F2 h+ Q
WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.) d& p+ d4 v0 H) l9 ^0 A4 e: P$ X
* _/ N2 m" L; X7 y% xINSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. 1 h+ Q( u* H, i/ }' z8 M
+ A$ V1 O/ I8 L5 _$ V
PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.
0 v5 X! `! e0 g
. Y X' a- i8 m2 Z2 h4 o``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 9 o, |8 H; N) h M0 b+ f0 |
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.( b3 M6 ]6 L/ h2 W
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
$ }- o' A) I' O. s6 jWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
: [( x2 P# z. N% J. lBut, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash. * y% y# m2 U3 |, i
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.7 c6 ^2 Q' L7 P! U5 @9 m0 i' q
& b1 C& Q* b# B- V* F! s& u3 v`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
2 ~$ n$ x5 w$ p2 G1 s
4 [' h+ U/ B7 k$ S7 MWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon? 2 w! O! s. E) X; o9 N; l
2 @! H. Z" R, k; b4 s7 T% G, C A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.' n3 f3 V2 ]8 g
; N) Y& s' w7 ]+ q5 f* K; ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
0 e4 x2 j' Y: A' z! T' T" nPoliticians and diapers have one thing in common...
, K) M4 I' l) q) W. N$ o $ ?& s$ X; y- S5 t m x4 {. _
...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
|