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 New Stock Market Terms:
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CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. 1 y9 X7 ^* k$ A; {8 f
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer.
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BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. 4 F7 H6 o, L6 P& S& m/ `
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.
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3 S: a( Q' a V( P9 ~; MVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. : {) r0 _! ]3 o* N. ]2 M5 B
- m0 S" O7 m+ c% EP/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
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BROKER -- What my broker has made me.
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STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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0 }3 O. W5 d' f! QSTOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
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STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
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CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
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YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. 8 e& E5 j0 L" z$ d5 ~/ V
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WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.
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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. 1 W- ^4 T9 @; {9 Q# i" {5 m
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PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.: H. `9 f. Q( R
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If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.; E! ^+ Q n# H7 m. A8 Q- C
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
1 ]" j5 `1 E6 yWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.7 A+ v9 }6 z) L; _2 K# Y7 K
But, 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 $214 cash. / ~( L3 h) Q( W( _) T
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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1 E6 P3 x. n$ E9 e. _" sWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common...
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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