 鲜花( 3)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
 New Stock Market Terms: \/ k3 J/ }& [ w0 P
; V. c. y2 F1 A, v! }8 @0 ?
CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
5 L6 l8 Q0 _' b: m M$ |CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. 7 @- ]3 r: t5 g$ E5 C3 A
. O$ q o' O5 V/ ?% }
BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
" `6 z! q3 P' K+ w0 OBEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
6 j8 M3 L% f" _' R! {3 H
! |9 ~7 B5 R& x" V2 MVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. 9 V' f+ K- B8 a2 J' U5 i7 ^! J. @
* U6 v6 W: f6 A/ P6 [9 u; n
P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
$ d( u) [( R) A9 c3 R
9 i' ~) E" ?* y$ r& f) JBROKER -- What my broker has made me.
1 V7 O$ p1 |( U$ G
/ K! v' d- [- ^9 ^STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. 4 p4 o, g% g% m# ] Z
) q$ q3 ?' S- Q# L
STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.# B) u/ }1 ?' V* z2 C* l; w
8 Z2 Z8 G- O3 s6 D P J% eSTOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
" c6 W* Y8 ^2 b' b) Q* h6 ?3 O
! x2 H3 K, }% w) zFINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. ! X# T- R9 N' C+ i" b1 a
5 M: H" s1 s- ^
MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. 1 W. s2 M6 X+ u% s# @0 o; i
4 P, V/ t/ ?. `# ]% sCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. ' C6 d7 P+ |$ N
' o' O: U( J; Q2 C
YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. / Z; F3 w9 E( P7 \: z
) M ~6 k* D1 |- M0 VWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.; d, Z. a2 O2 r5 r
- ^1 z; x( Z/ E, HINSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. * ]( B# T0 y6 L- L1 t, l
{2 b% [1 C5 T: IPROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.2 {5 M+ P N6 m+ Q# i
* b/ @# K2 `$ E* S* a: U```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
0 b) M! T7 T$ U. |; FIf you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
* `$ [8 M* h6 e1 ^3 ]+ G5 Z0 \With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
, R0 r4 F! t0 r; A! aWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.+ N8 q( V/ [- `, N. R/ w2 X" Z3 q
But, 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 $214 cash. - Q& m) D1 D* f# Q4 P% M3 x" j) Z
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.! ?! `$ ~; p @+ N% o
+ o) O$ d$ }7 T% B8 L
`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
4 ~( j: v/ W/ _: G7 }
3 Q1 n1 i/ T3 OWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon? , q! g/ F5 m$ e! S
- I# Q$ J# P$ Y% H* W
A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.% a7 F) I) z' R- y5 F
) T5 n+ F3 P) A7 l
``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````; W3 G5 K9 R$ c4 _" }" t
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common... 7 T5 I6 O& z+ }% Q* g3 L
6 P1 \" e; Q6 u) `6 ]" q ...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
|