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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
2 _1 Z2 h4 A5 M" h5 e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
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2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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" A0 J \; F# u- E7 ^& HJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
8 \# ?% D' X; \7 f4 swhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the n+ C6 T' @& ?/ q+ C) F) g1 d
transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the 3 M$ l' n1 d; ]7 x* \
Nortel stock climb and climb, he
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different 7 p+ o0 l& S' A
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he & h( _6 n1 S% `' [ L& O
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
1 g' e* \" f$ |- ~# ~. K" G' }felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
3 }. {# s" b9 |' S Mof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
7 B# a, w& P7 c0 Y& ?calculated that he could drink about 15
: l! I/ Q- B9 Rbottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole, z K/ j7 p$ r
year.
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
' E% O" ?' W% X% F/ w& qconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
2 ^: Q6 g. U- Qdwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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( F2 K$ [. p. e" h; E3 V5 z! G2 |& NJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily- T9 B$ Q" Y& m( S6 q
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 - A$ j( m: S* X0 A
noticeable dent in the beer pile., P1 I9 Q d( h7 F( W" J
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
- ]. w) d8 |* w% e# `about half gone. Jim, being sure that the
6 S* z |& o) A! [5 H! q8 Jstock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
; {( v4 [: W! h! E Z- ~; xpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be 5 z2 i7 C5 b; M+ k! @; M8 q
worth!!".- K) a( J5 q7 m: M) G9 Y
& A B1 R2 N/ w. BWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. 3 G' N0 ]# H8 e! @/ |" `5 x
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% _# S- H, k, b/ B" H
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
. L( k) ]9 F' u$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
: Q. h& P+ M: u! _4 w) Bneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have4 x9 r$ Y0 o1 B1 s
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
* r( J7 k; q1 `$ |compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
$ x1 q2 r/ j. `( S% Q+ ], Q1 Hthe gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
3 ^) b9 f& N2 o0 igot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 2 ~' |9 L1 t0 c0 Q
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
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the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
' G5 v; l" t) Q4 H, Mlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 ! [5 H/ I: G5 D. @% d$ F/ @
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as; Q z9 j0 S8 _ [
he handed him the money.
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6 k4 R$ Y* p% F+ _Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you* e) ?9 Y4 [9 E& K H: c! P
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
# q: @/ K7 |: g, S7 ]! m( F$ N5 Dleft you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. ' W5 c& F/ I9 c$ }& S
% j }2 b+ ~9 R, Q8 Z& [8 |I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
( t3 R" d& d+ r0 l' ~own "moral to the story".# O+ l1 D0 y, ?8 O# ~
3 P! C* x) J# @7 W6 e# kHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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