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 New Stock Market Terms:
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CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
4 P( A0 s7 }. s$ ]- M6 sCFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. $ w! d9 }8 s. b- L- D9 W7 m! k
0 {( e5 Y! t+ o* P- W8 ]BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
1 w9 R. w' D* b3 _3 BBEAR 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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5 d$ }! M0 r. L' S# N9 oVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. 0 M! y" Q: a! N* H. K) f# M4 X
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
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# C& M; Z" ]" V: wBROKER -- What my broker has made me.
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2 c* `' S( d' C/ u9 o8 ^STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock." j8 }$ w. r, i7 C8 [
) j8 n2 N8 K( t1 GSTOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. 5 T) Z0 U$ o9 D! ^* S0 O
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MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. : `/ |* ^! X$ t& J& D
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CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. # ?# ^5 c+ P; Z7 R6 f6 z: v
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YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
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0 `, n4 o# d2 q4 ZWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.- t; W+ Z( y# }1 S7 V% M
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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. . G# h. [6 ]$ z6 W3 v
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PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.* L7 `7 l" T& d4 d
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If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.' ~7 ?" I0 F. |" f& b# t1 x/ H
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
0 z4 N- q( Q. K$ n( Q7 RWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.0 p+ N2 L% k5 a U
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 $214 cash.
) _1 M. n2 ~ s$ PBased on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.) \4 A* D9 h* y! s' Q9 n
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+ g3 P3 k1 e% G" t, X) eWhat 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." i- t V p, |$ y o$ ?
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0 N: ~$ h: e! M4 I. `3 `8 oPoliticians and diapers have one thing in common... * ^( ]" S( m) W& h9 [/ u! X; u; u
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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