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CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
1 X7 k1 H1 N! CCFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer.
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9 V1 \7 y9 D4 k z' Z l1 eBULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
5 r, h- P/ I- M% r/ J7 _BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
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( q8 a; T6 v3 a( v+ G5 pVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. V2 f/ D) f. p
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BROKER -- What my broker has made me. 5 Z2 @3 E1 y" `& M" N: Q2 n4 u6 z1 l
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STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. ( L$ y: f1 f- p: e* O
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STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
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" L1 d! {0 a5 x# }STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
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% W8 V6 r* r: P: eFINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. " j' r# [, K8 p) W* b
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MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. 2 w- e3 G+ u7 y$ n7 J4 ?+ Z" Q
! ?6 q1 i3 D5 S3 FCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
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1 W, C! Q; \' S6 D& g/ FYAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
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WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.! ~6 y8 H* W! v; o- N0 O7 Q
1 H. D( y) T% N$ D: p* M8 ^INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
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' b) r( l0 t, A& ePROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use. F( H' r8 }9 ^# b" l( e; O% ?: x' }
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If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
: v8 S- M. L: @/ y/ L! }With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000." O# |, b! t0 d7 Z2 U) p* o! A
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
+ C6 P) N9 r6 _+ V) o- B: gBut, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash.
7 Q- _9 ^- S. V5 @$ x& m) zBased on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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4 l! u* X5 W3 T2 Q( M( u9 pWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.! A4 b- T9 {7 O: g
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. q" R! a9 w# s! I/ hPoliticians and diapers have one thing in common... ' N8 z% y: b5 s! ?
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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