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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表% H$ H- e5 w' ^
如果是买了nortel呢?
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2 q a, U4 s4 h4 EOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
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2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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- C' N$ Y# A V+ KJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
7 r; j p8 N: _- Z* ]9 vwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
4 k' c" R) ?5 o6 |transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the ) `: q5 q, H, `8 Z/ Q; f5 z+ X
Nortel stock climb and climb, he' |# x: [! Y/ N: C5 T: A
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 * V y: _' S* j9 Q) N
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he * W: R9 h$ h+ N# l! }' {+ S: F/ ^
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also- C% \9 N& v' q& n$ W& k. `
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
8 e: c. H& E6 @6 d$ uof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
9 v0 c: m; `! ?+ n* y5 m% |! Pcalculated that he could drink about 15
& c# u2 _3 J" M+ M3 Kbottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
* `' b% h! Z% T- v# Lconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to % X% J/ p# A5 m% ?, G, ]5 _- \
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily" W2 }1 K% g3 _- u" x( f' H' H
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".: T2 q* j$ S( `" @
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
# j$ K: g. \+ Qnoticeable dent in the beer pile.
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was * ?; K! b; x: X( X& O3 n
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the
! L6 t- H7 ^$ P6 r: i$ Z: x5 ~stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
9 u- P; C' Q4 m; [& f# Tpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be 4 p, b6 U4 F8 E3 o: S2 i1 r! P
worth!!".
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5 y( ?) d/ j. [( o M3 ]: wWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
& S* z+ D4 }3 L+ H7 Q9 sBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through) B* e4 Z3 @! \3 f, B
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
! c# E6 ^, t9 ~ X$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone( Z$ B1 \9 o( [& ?
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
# N$ i6 |6 \6 Dit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
) D8 h5 d, E4 s5 D% [! `! n) Wcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated ; ]; E, {. S e2 [6 t
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
9 k7 N6 Z- d: d; |got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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9 f8 F: b) ^( `. y6 Y& H. z"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he 2 O: N* S& Q, `) \( \0 o* n
added as his other friend with
# p$ W: I! ~6 P4 }$ i* a9 i2 kthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.& ?' a& O; ?$ @- X
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a) {* q. Q8 }% R
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 k$ r. G1 G, X3 h- ]6 W6 e3 Z
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
# ~: B) C( B" T, |. v; Hhe handed him the money.
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- z/ k8 V+ y! H QJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you5 I2 s$ O5 v U+ L/ F) G
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 8 l. V/ p1 p+ S0 f
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
0 p. _# j8 |1 i$ \2 |$ d" `own "moral to the story".# A9 \( j; f, k$ W$ g
0 i8 i8 B. F8 C! ?% n zHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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