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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.) [) O% A u* e( g) l; d
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 $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.& K: b' [3 s8 b0 U, ~! f8 A1 D$ v) L
" M% U3 K4 h( B; U3 P# KSoon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!: I4 y$ N0 b+ x/ A; A u) Y
3 L) }4 ^0 U. z- qThe man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf." F0 c9 o- V1 k$ r K8 d! | m- x
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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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The villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.
( S! I/ G/ i( `- O. G: G W, IThen they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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