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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表) q% C6 P5 ^( q! `" f
如果是买了nortel呢?
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On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
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4 L- P5 P2 S" P9 H' iJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
. Q! i: |& @9 Jwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the, g% W7 ~) Q! H# L( o5 s
transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
/ _9 o, b/ S7 N, v" |Nortel stock climb and climb, he
) Q% G& p" p% d- q7 g1 E" J9 Bfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different ( u! N+ Z' w9 c/ d8 O) O
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he 2 \0 I+ V, g' F1 L' ]- m6 v ?
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also' l8 {" b6 v9 I( j" ~: o
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles0 Q3 v/ |9 V; {
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, & v: G& z V4 n5 F" @; K9 \
calculated that he could drink about 15 + m; M8 n/ \. k+ A4 @
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily, V1 p* P5 H# V8 D% s/ G5 T
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".; m5 \; h2 a* ^; h9 j9 }2 Q+ `
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
* P) ]: ]& U5 I3 Z% @3 xnoticeable dent in the beer pile.! k& m* X. Y& X5 F
; D% o9 s% f# e0 Q1 E0 \Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
: H! L5 a* P9 r1 _$ j7 Sabout half gone. Jim, being sure that the+ s( K7 R" c1 @9 q8 V# t
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous, O- j! m5 e% q! g" [8 H
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. 6 X% {) J4 R2 X# \, @
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.% C, E; E$ K) h* f3 Q0 g9 s% [: D
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
/ V- F* m& j0 C" R( H9 zthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the 0 O: d; {3 k) }- k' p5 V; @6 K3 s) [
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
, P$ P3 C- b) r3 O4 f" kneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
4 |, e2 `2 }- q- @1 Ait, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
% l* ~/ Z4 _ n: _9 B4 R0 I9 j0 vcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
. e0 r0 \# y7 n; Wthe gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I e' K9 P4 G1 W# I
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. & B; ^; z6 k: B; C- h+ Y2 l. u" `, j
/ t$ U F( W6 g ]; G, B2 ?"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
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: G7 |+ X+ [9 cthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.2 c% H& [( Y2 A9 c' U% [
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
' i; ~8 f7 }* V7 Y+ u' \ jlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 & L0 K. a( m. O3 `
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as/ y- f# S3 s5 T* [) w& T) F, p
he handed him the money.
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you# `" T0 _+ K: A+ N: W2 ~% i4 I# q5 C
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 4 }' \# k, i0 z+ Y3 o. `$ @3 b, D
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. 0 O/ J/ |* w3 K8 J u( B* B
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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