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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
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- N: e( T3 q8 u; a+ T+ Y# xOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
1 B6 J" Y. j* `: s9 {' cfor Nortel Networks, where in the summer of 1 q1 f0 V) s7 j, u% u% V
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). % O3 _/ F+ l4 l1 }) K; P9 ]; l! j
7 ~) a8 b% L1 _; y# w1 j, Y9 k2 cJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
! K, t( S& g, s9 q. Xwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
2 S1 d% f0 }6 ]+ p% Jtransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the 6 T/ x* t* @- m% z& T
Nortel stock climb and climb, he/ v/ E1 i" ]0 `; T3 ?: q
felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.4 p7 I* I6 c* j5 ]6 n
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
3 L3 |5 { L. i1 |4 ^with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
9 L* C) z8 Q9 h, c" y# n9 g& }purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
/ x; p$ A9 ^3 Z: T( } l. R8 _felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
" G0 V* T0 L4 i1 V: N, N$ Qof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
+ }3 w! f) a1 Jcalculated that he could drink about 15 ; P% G! ^' v9 P4 t7 v4 v, x
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole) Q0 F* _0 F; Z" _- c9 b' @
year.
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+ l4 w, f3 l: ]: K- u9 @9 ZJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
, H) \$ X8 z5 r: Econstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to & ]$ u; v1 r0 T
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.9 e# m7 \; W9 @# K! S3 S9 m
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily+ i: [" g' z5 _4 B( l, L
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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% E5 d" B0 N/ n- _* S3 KMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a 4 t2 I H0 |4 g5 o8 W. r
noticeable dent in the beer pile.( b9 Y& _5 n. y* z0 X u5 [
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
2 F8 Z" i" J' ]7 j% l5 Pabout half gone. Jim, being sure that the( [$ W9 `2 D$ F, @
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous, c& |$ [, J2 c8 s* K- F
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be 9 b& X: [% L! E- Z$ A9 f8 Z/ c
worth!!"., ? ~2 B* |) q: [
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
& X) D& j; Q5 R, ^* ^Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.# f5 C) M M5 l9 m% z6 A. B
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
2 t4 D/ \" o, {" p" J5 Sthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the 7 J- c7 E. g% E. U. h6 h: h
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone3 B) F m, s0 d; A6 I% p, J, j
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
3 ~7 B- E- Y! C4 }* G. D7 j0 I7 L0 Fit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,1 G2 A* o/ F( A6 W( F
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated 9 W3 R* k# @& j" s
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I 1 _! K( C, B& X% t
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 1 f5 x1 ~% M, P5 ?
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he 3 j$ y7 U. H/ G/ x t
added as his other friend with1 g4 N2 {* Q0 _+ I- t1 O3 d
the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.6 a3 T% t; N2 N8 l6 J8 ]- q. h
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
+ l6 m+ k+ f9 }* P) elittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
7 f( o0 R4 F+ x( t5 nbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
8 v, o! ]! T( S& h, \he handed him the money.
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0 B8 }6 [3 Q" Z8 \, @8 {$ vJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you h, I2 F/ A* p4 A) b: E1 B
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment $ m0 O7 w O; H- R4 s9 }
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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9 p: J# N" b+ a* e1 T' a% A( EI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're; j P1 D u$ Q' b
own "moral to the story".* y; \2 a9 C* \6 V2 f' W
+ l( |# ~! T% J( L& OHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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