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Once upon a time in a village in India, a manannounced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.. Y1 O! j' q# w/ @ c
The man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts.The man further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.$ [" Y6 ]. K) M) z
% G6 J# H$ K7 h9 [+ Y) l& FSoon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
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$ N& o+ v r0 r7 ^4 A3 tThe man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf.
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7 E" Q7 R& T6 D$ q5 fIn the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at$35 and when he returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50.'. B. K' J9 _* m# l
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The villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.
- e2 ~& U {: _" eThen they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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