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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.; M4 C' U' e- R. b
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 $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.$ D& y! L3 E/ w
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Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
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1 n- L4 T3 s& r$ |, oThe 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.) ~+ y0 c& o" [& x6 O
- b4 S( X3 M2 p K0 }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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2 L; X( J4 M( O7 fThe villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.' A) t7 p8 I: Q" F o1 y3 n5 V
Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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