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CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. ' B5 Y' P1 J. q! \. ^' B& t
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer.
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5 h. p. z1 V/ K1 m: H' XBULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
- _+ c5 t. W' V. F/ h i' HBEAR 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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VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. $ ~. T% x# V; e, [/ M
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
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! X8 Q6 B- X* s: z$ VBROKER -- What my broker has made me. ; g" W1 _7 M2 K" V3 {, p
' C. t# k$ L }' n) o+ w; d% SSTANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. $ R- N$ h- a+ D
5 T9 k2 E/ i1 T! R+ F' @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. d1 a6 X; n# F/ I, P+ J
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. $ G q& y, c0 i0 M2 r% b
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CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
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2 {% W& g; |- b- \! }- A5 T9 TYAHOO -- 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 @ $240 per share.
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: L4 y- `- M, o" H' H4 sINSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. 7 O: ?, P) V5 U( R% e$ Q
, G9 Q" R5 K" k" LPROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.$ R P8 U+ K9 k5 k
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If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.) _! j( g9 Z6 x. e% v" e% v3 V! n, b
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
% T8 f6 o) r6 i+ g, f8 c+ U. o% x/ qWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.2 P1 C1 G: x8 w7 N" | b
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 $214 cash. 4 D6 I. B% ^) g7 c; j- [; o
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.$ }" O- @: O, |; k6 F' w% G
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* V! C1 y# `* j& yWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon? $ B3 F1 {+ U1 T z! E
0 }/ X3 m6 t9 P, T R! ?; F A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.# `7 Y1 ]7 m. d+ g( g
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common...
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/ E# ~- r5 I& m. y+ \2 y ...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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