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5 X E5 b6 S; q1 w9 k* h5 Z4 JCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. + p5 H) p* B7 j; y4 y5 C: g
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. ! h* D) Y5 ~. }- ]2 E9 ~! Z. b2 W
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BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. ; J( x! I; t$ e7 {$ P
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. & D4 f6 I1 |, z) C) _/ Y* w
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VALUE 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.
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6 e7 o, Z. R: r& B1 nBROKER -- What my broker has made me. 0 i+ E4 o' u5 ]5 w* w+ q- x
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STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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! ~2 l; d4 q2 I; o( ~STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
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1 P* z7 K7 }# ^1 `$ B' {STOCK 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. - O0 g! N e8 d5 y7 Q4 H \
. B* O0 K, H6 _# jMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
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- e; t3 M0 L" [, o8 lCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
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+ a( N9 t6 ~# H* Z7 k4 g" mYAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. ! L# j- M! g% Y9 P1 `" n# @, x. Z
`" z0 R% y# E3 L( w# ? X# O2 mWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.
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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. ) c+ \- d. ?2 t+ K- v) u
" y* x3 C. Q" @* z/ Y# a+ SPROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.
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0 j4 ]5 ]$ ?; q' e! X! S' MIf you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.) ^# A! V* J7 P6 j
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
7 N- V6 |0 _1 M2 p* X* F% }With AIG, you would have less than $15 left., B. x8 y; @- S$ C0 B& X: l9 S. d
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. 2 G% H- f2 K- C# Q/ y
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.' H& m2 x) m& F8 O
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6 Z8 O; P5 J) E& U2 u) Z z' @What is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon? 7 ]0 I% k4 V: l! a1 J( p- J5 l- J1 A
# s& @! w o& ]7 I7 n A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common...
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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