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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.
: G+ [; T3 L0 t' r {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./ W/ I3 Y) {5 c
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Soon 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!) `9 F! p" C [# z) ]7 r7 j; O9 a; {/ v
+ v8 b5 y" C' ]& V1 qThe 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.% e# c8 X7 s7 O U+ w2 `2 e+ d
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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 $50.'' C. D$ X) s! ~) }8 }; ]8 y' D9 l
- d4 Z5 ^- L! Q- NThe villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.. G) o5 U; G$ v4 p( N# s% Q
Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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