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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
( f7 A; z) z8 I" p6 y7 t如果是买了nortel呢?
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% P0 o$ Q! S8 U" \' b) S& v. N( ~; fOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
+ t+ G5 o/ b h$ X1 b$ f' x! jfor Nortel Networks, where in the summer of
& a6 m' M9 y. W& a( o2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
3 y; i8 h' c4 Kwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
/ V, D( G, S6 y- t/ Q& Htransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the 0 H. h; J- N {- N' v. z5 W
Nortel stock climb and climb, he
3 U) M7 N6 m" ]9 bfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.- o& v* x* q3 _ ~
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
& k( ~" U( s2 A4 ?6 L9 bwith his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he & l% Z# G. O4 V2 @+ p
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
% e( }# R3 P5 E. r) A! w- ]# Z6 C# bfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles1 p1 t3 Y \$ o
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, ; D8 N% | U+ n+ A# ?9 w
calculated that he could drink about 15 # m* K+ r; Q# ~$ X. F
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole. a5 K9 k. O5 c' W
year.: X9 y( J( q6 P9 r) y) j
. k' \9 V% B1 ?7 YJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him9 N* `6 P6 ?0 G
constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
/ e. Z$ ]* o2 U2 Odwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.9 B; q8 `+ V1 [ Z
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
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- |3 c, M/ r! k2 C0 [+ sMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
5 A7 i! F. k1 j( A; @* d" onoticeable dent in the beer pile.
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# L3 J+ A. o" JMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was " i6 ~7 t( M$ F
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the0 |: a/ {; t0 O3 c
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous8 X B2 o4 @8 W+ G* C3 N% V
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be $ `1 h( e \9 O" P. h
worth!!".
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" T' U, O# R1 UWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
& T) t- F* M% |5 P) y2 V8 T; tBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.. v! {* H, { V, v
& k6 T& C9 \+ S$ j) T3 OLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through
+ c0 e+ ?8 ~: l h: S& Ythe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
3 n- o; A l# T) ^6 `$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone$ V5 H# t# `8 k( |$ {; ?! j
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
* e3 E- a/ d7 I8 I5 zit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good," V3 j9 f; b7 ?! W0 M+ p
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated 6 g, F: h+ p+ u% S8 x7 N
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I , _) S6 n; S; G/ w( S
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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( M, C( L) }/ c: F+ @% y"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he $ D, L9 u: t7 Z, L! Y& V
added as his other friend with' O; H4 X: b4 r# b5 X
the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.& S$ h6 N5 X! |3 P2 }4 D
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
; G8 z& M" H1 Q! j* Z% zlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 % S5 P$ E9 m g3 v0 x) w
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
5 h8 f" N6 ]7 i# {% I1 U, Mhe handed him the money.
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
' |$ q, w, {; D; @+ Gwould feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 4 N6 c9 g# }0 h( _# K# y9 [
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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, |# k! v) v) d3 `+ eI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're7 Y' T) z+ j& n4 h5 j6 ]0 U
own "moral to the story".
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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