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 New Stock Market Terms:
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/ I) w/ |! n6 y2 @# ^ b0 rCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
; C: N& r1 p# c( bCFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. + }. M' W2 t, {4 W! H
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BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. 4 {# @8 Q, ^, X* F
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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+ v' q Q) R8 i1 tVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. & e4 K$ @: _. h( Q% _' f' [
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. 6 k! x) u, [: P1 K
+ B6 ]. ~( I7 }' Z/ vBROKER -- What my broker has made me. 9 I q4 x4 U) `! h9 u
+ P9 U- B) V: R5 Q9 [+ BSTANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
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STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. ) \# o, K. \" a) l% ?
a4 u6 z7 M9 h" kFINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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' Z1 E6 s: }1 P! }- r: b; Y# NMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
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CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
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YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
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0 R- l# K; l3 m( B8 v- BWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.' c4 w4 D& w2 P# i, T
: F" v6 z" s& a2 Z {- yINSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
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PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.
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2 N9 g* c# J( ^: FIf you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.6 b; s$ {+ S. l/ N% f5 f3 K) ]
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.4 o, V( ~* G) [. ^' ^, @
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
8 t& c) h" B; c7 g# MBut, 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 $214 cash.
X e" Q. W( n5 pBased on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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What is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon? & q5 f2 k* V5 U8 I# O
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A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common... l: |) Q& Y$ |) b7 ^
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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