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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表; }- U6 X- X" q# f7 l5 \1 I
如果是买了nortel呢?
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' Q! E1 I4 f' k/ I4 f0 [On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work # @% T4 d* C5 u) t" @
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the4 j- c! \0 H; u# U1 Q
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the- X! I! ^2 U6 J3 H! e& I
transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
9 G5 r7 O+ m+ M; ^* ZNortel stock climb and climb, he
# \- ^) w) J5 M2 ~) \3 t) g4 r9 s! wfelt 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 ( E8 F7 z/ @0 \
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
) v- k! \, c, K# cpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also
+ U9 l2 T' z ?4 r* i* d1 D& Gfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
7 N2 b& W; E& Q7 t' x, xof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
5 U% R0 F. Z! I5 Vcalculated that he could drink about 15
5 B+ o" t% n% Jbottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
; \0 _8 X0 Z. R" H4 e( {" Pyear.
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
( p( H8 z" p9 u( mconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
, q6 E; o- Z; u6 y7 p7 t/ d! kdwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily V2 x5 K) ^1 Z/ X9 [0 B+ q
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a # R( ~- W, h5 }( H; l# ]# O& W
noticeable dent in the beer pile.3 A1 V2 e7 {+ h( s( s
7 }+ a% P2 w" _Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
# t$ }1 x, R$ _" H( nabout half gone. Jim, being sure that the
! K1 O3 R; x/ G# B' Mstock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous3 Z7 o' z1 }! a# d9 W. C4 m; K
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.
) ]3 y2 U0 R- T2 Q9 M) C0 iBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.. R! Y# X, o9 A$ a! F; ?7 S! q
2 s) E) V! j# R/ @% a8 [6 \Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through3 w" Y0 d8 I3 q# F
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the & R) O3 C1 W: \8 a: H
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
8 ^" T' @4 @* ? T. pneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have/ C- m+ ]0 N. ?; ]/ [$ r
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,- a8 d9 O2 A. f" \' a) S, l/ C
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated : ^9 P: e: H+ z( q
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
+ u$ L# L3 W8 wgot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 7 m5 x4 K2 E$ j2 o6 p9 d
! t% g# F$ ~, F) f"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
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the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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- c! j% ?6 B# t( C- X w# w( K* fUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
' u# Y; ]/ |* N: Q3 A$ tlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 $ |2 z c# L7 C ^: m
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
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# j8 B% p' w- t3 lJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you3 a {. \0 @* a+ D8 T3 z& ]9 E
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
; i1 M$ W6 F8 [, I V' ]# Aleft you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
+ S- Q$ @% S ] ^" w9 ~ gown "moral to the story".
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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