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Once upon a time in a village in India, a manannounced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.5 i5 ~. {; [4 l+ L& |
The man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts.The man further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.8 Y' F& {' t* I7 w8 V A
5 j9 ~5 x: y" {; y! a2 M GSoon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!4 b* p3 O5 L7 x' k; J3 {
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The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf.
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In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at$35 and when he returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50.'
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/ Y$ ^/ h; m& PThe villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.7 I0 V% x9 B+ P3 w2 \/ a {( l
Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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