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 New Stock Market Terms:
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) T0 Z4 f) K1 b& \6 z& u0 }CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. # m/ h- W W4 x: {( l0 o! R$ }
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. ! \( s f2 X0 p8 x1 I2 z1 Q$ }
- T, G4 Q7 {) m* ?: qBULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. " }, F F' I% T5 C: X3 J0 o
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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6 {! J- ?. F% c# e' K& jVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
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M+ c# |7 y0 L2 q1 t; d) KP/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. 8 M% q2 m. ]( { J q
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BROKER -- What my broker has made me.
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) e5 A) m$ @# m1 e: N- y/ aSTANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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4 d1 g5 S% f! `$ w3 ]# _STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.. E, x* _0 w! }* F. h4 u+ g+ B
, G1 d. U" h& N4 N- ^/ x' DSTOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. 7 X8 `- Z+ Z. u! l& o( C
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. / }' C u' P0 S1 ?( K4 s' ?
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MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
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/ o- m0 x E! t" [* U, Z7 @6 [$ l3 fCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. + T7 \- Q$ w9 a1 d+ W. N& Q0 K
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YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. 9 O; o; Y ~0 U8 E U( C
: a4 |" I1 [/ c7 v. E0 sWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.2 N+ h6 i4 k, }4 N+ {% O; w% C9 U
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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
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PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.+ X+ d6 p, V+ g: l1 D/ Y
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If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.! O, i" X/ M1 C0 S4 f- X
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
/ U6 S' m9 p0 m2 Y& cWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left." _5 _! e* L5 o' y
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 $214 cash.
4 c5 ?+ g" I+ VBased on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.3 I3 h$ x8 p' U; c8 Q
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! T* v' E; s6 H& c. NWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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, W5 _6 l% i4 r6 \2 p& y% @ A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.( S/ x6 N; T# }( e M8 K4 q. y+ S
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; S2 L; A6 |" u1 M _% H2 fPoliticians and diapers have one thing in common... # o& x! ?* T1 V) v. S
) ~0 q# Z, R( e: W ...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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