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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表) K/ A, l+ M5 i' }
如果是买了nortel呢?
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On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
7 g! e- Z1 j: q J- ]1 y+ ifor Nortel Networks, where in the summer of
" V2 m0 U# b: t. ^" h8 v2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). ! J% J" U2 }+ |) c @9 D' ~/ y8 p
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the+ q9 z5 [5 c$ V& \* t
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
$ B* o3 d3 D8 Z8 `2 q: }3 E wtransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
% H& [5 k; o* `$ PNortel stock climb and climb, he; ~, u. p9 i8 U; A8 o
felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
8 g0 M+ E( P3 T1 _with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
& d D% }* L4 |: f5 `purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
7 [( e P1 O0 c2 b( c6 I( hfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles1 R# y' T* | I- W5 S- D, E
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, 3 L! Z M2 `5 d0 `" v
calculated that he could drink about 15 ; D6 Z5 b" r, F T
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole. L4 u5 B/ Z" d$ w. k% K
year.
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# c4 c' \ c! _8 `+ Z1 j# eJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him4 b% s2 O& s1 I0 K
constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
+ O6 v. b! Q8 n9 s4 z+ L: Idwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
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* |* m' W3 A! F5 s" V ]! M3 OMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a * }% g `1 w/ U- B0 T# L3 ^" v- s
noticeable dent in the beer pile.2 d/ P% T8 z7 }# p/ U
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was ! h8 X r/ F a! j
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the1 V7 F0 b2 b% }" L1 }) w
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous0 d/ Z4 o; d: B% Q
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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/ M8 I- F# W5 h0 H( K6 bWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
6 ~9 m2 J' W8 p" F! y# N7 t* EBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.( D5 z0 u8 }' ^+ K4 g
' y; Z& Q6 y5 {7 N! v) k- BLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through
: }2 s) Z l- }0 ythe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
( z2 d) V4 E- D' d$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone' \3 j% @4 M# c( d/ i
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have8 c8 {+ @, P9 D5 R) v
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
+ b9 r$ I, f/ Y+ Kcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated ' G* g7 O* b; |( _' S7 {* r
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
{% J& {8 R! D( k/ Bgot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. * |! i4 i1 @' G# W
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
* ~) }! k7 O) B8 Padded as his other friend with
6 |# @$ |& j9 P3 X- c& {the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.$ I: ~8 x* C2 e0 i( t3 |
" g: a, [8 t6 HUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a% F2 P2 q0 h3 }# ^/ _0 w1 O+ Z9 D5 C. r
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
. Z+ t# I* t X [. u. x; p$ @bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as% r/ M' ~& @: W& } R: t% q8 g
he handed him the money. 5 @5 g, K! `' ?8 }
5 Y/ C2 t6 M! P% uJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
0 N3 ]- k3 Q/ s' L! f. ]would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 6 ]' _1 B0 ], u# Q" J: v* U: g
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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