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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
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On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work 9 w, H& j7 Q3 ^. N
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of , r/ Q- a- a( M7 W) X, ^8 W$ ?1 ^1 a
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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2 `+ y& r. ?. b/ L9 ~Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
" O2 G) ]" s1 ?6 c8 Nwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
: \$ ^5 m- W6 Q6 ~( rtransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the 4 a* `6 O8 M9 r7 e
Nortel stock climb and climb, he7 H( T2 }0 q( Y- y% n
felt 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 7 O. {3 O- x( w/ \( C
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he / j7 B9 Q0 Q0 }+ C7 A3 z
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
c* M5 p* L+ p7 t+ v7 o' ufelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
# Q* M k; l: A2 Lof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, ) `2 j4 v- r5 j$ a; \9 _2 ~
calculated that he could drink about 15 ! E2 w4 |4 ?! Q5 U6 o: Z, U0 Y
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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8 @5 ~2 f" K' _* wJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
7 {$ e% M1 w9 v; [! fconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to 0 d/ D3 k; ]! y
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.& q' x5 O) d; y+ y( o4 h/ |4 X1 {
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily9 O9 [+ _* L0 ] m
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".1 ?7 a( |( w. Q& D2 N+ v
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a 6 H5 d0 J) N+ S4 l' ^4 H
noticeable dent in the beer pile.( h5 I$ P r& S
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
1 ^. \- Y% k7 I7 Habout half gone. Jim, being sure that the
8 C5 ?! m5 ` [: U7 Q8 D1 Z7 E& astock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous; v5 t- Y& w6 E5 h& }& K. s
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be 9 D! Z" c* y2 D8 n. L6 {% d
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) M1 h# H+ s5 `% k" \Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
, H: r) f7 \0 T8 HBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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% h3 |% W, l* \1 |5 O. DLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through* j/ j: J0 {9 q4 A8 G) d
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
\% O! f4 M5 P q6 s; l3 `$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone; Q. T2 ^) @* W( x4 d
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have/ }$ o3 }- \" @: x7 `
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,* |0 }: X' L3 i5 X$ ^1 z, r" r
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated 5 a0 h$ y0 c! R9 s
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I + i% c" a4 r! A8 k& \2 ?, L
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he " z6 p3 x; \( v: X6 g
added as his other friend with
# ~: {- d6 l; L R6 ? Lthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a, c4 [( y8 r- ]
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
- v6 y0 U4 Z+ O0 c/ G+ bbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as# `: y) k0 y! T9 I9 [. {, G
he handed him the money. " F3 b, W8 B; T2 d6 A. \+ s: R
! Y( q: o5 K, k; L# PJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
4 a6 e0 |) p/ M, t; `' Twould feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
# T. i& j4 w" q- |1 R* Sleft you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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2 c# N0 G7 X/ G; h, l" u* A2 RI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're3 k$ p# \+ r+ ~- {
own "moral to the story".
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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