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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
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% f [, }- @+ _, {& n! X6 SOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work ( t3 g) ^7 j6 O5 ^8 Y3 t
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of 9 E- j# i; D8 [0 g2 U9 v
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). 3 Q( Q3 J( H. F3 j
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
: M. V, c- w- [, Qwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
I2 U" i9 ` Ptransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
# T6 E; o- z5 W9 O/ dNortel stock climb and climb, he
e6 Z/ [' A% _" I2 z2 ]9 c6 Mfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.
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9 x" x: j5 h& r( o" NJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different " f9 ^! \/ d: G+ C2 W4 S' [& ?
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he & s8 E- I( v% {* C: D' `
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also! J1 T. b4 _4 i! w% E
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
3 t- [6 O( w+ u6 i1 t B6 cof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, / e& ?% w! Q7 a d
calculated that he could drink about 15 # Z( V6 `; D4 _. l& c! [
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole1 P3 k* p, |5 m6 I, v
year.2 R! `3 H; j7 _
) b- c- [4 p/ y: W* G% AJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
% B; O4 I$ ^5 i/ ]& u! M+ T' H( Fconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
( g" |3 J+ r) G9 f; {; u& ~dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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# m: e: @3 |/ e, `& pJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily0 r- H/ O# t0 w, V3 H# Y( Z
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
6 b4 I, m. a! v* Y2 @- `8 Knoticeable dent in the beer pile.' X' a5 `- j# Q \' u! f* m f
2 L0 m" T5 ~4 {! PMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
; a& H" k- s9 xabout half gone. Jim, being sure that the
$ j3 j4 o# b0 Y$ f0 pstock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous% P/ ~% T3 P9 p# ?7 b" q$ ~
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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( S+ `; t' p* R/ ~- vWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. ) Y8 h/ V, L9 d
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
( z, y2 K, J- h, u2 Dthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
# D. f# I& e U% M8 h8 D# ?9 o$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone' p; @% ^1 o* l" W+ s! }
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have0 X( O: _6 G8 M
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
7 S5 L+ ~- w) k' |compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
5 r" V3 [% P9 @4 U: X" K9 jthe gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
: \& T% C$ i: s3 H' q% {got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 6 A+ o( ?# A* L. D# y8 L3 j
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he + @/ R/ a2 i% T6 ?+ w
added as his other friend with
, E. \% n7 [ }! g( ^the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store. U8 E( r/ s5 `( c: y" V J& I
/ ? S* _) J6 v4 t, I" H/ T/ iUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
# b7 g1 R) o" Dlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 1 X& A* e2 `. `, c c! I# B
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
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9 [& z, T" q) M" W* i" ^/ ZJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you7 N/ N. | K' M
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
0 Z( J. ?0 ?6 kleft you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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$ W0 {. J6 g W* NI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're! m; E% ^ k1 E, `$ F( R
own "moral to the story".
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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