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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.% i8 V l, a6 w
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.- U8 n }; H- g% T) f) N5 k( L
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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!/ {; t# n( V& C% a& H7 D6 T
/ n! \$ b4 o& Y0 bThe 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. v: N+ O# T- B& k' O( S8 p
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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 $50.'' k" d3 x0 B l$ ]9 o2 y" D
: N2 G. B9 d# xThe villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.
3 @% F/ x3 I$ y4 r! @- k( b2 ?Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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