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 New Stock Market Terms:
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5 Z5 B- Y2 @" _0 L. `: I4 KCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
9 Q x0 B) l4 B. D5 u$ X) FCFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. # t% Y2 L6 u. r7 V
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BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
' M! H3 o+ Q1 \. |BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. 2 [( `) Z3 T/ B
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VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. 0 S4 n$ G1 i( Z
, I: ?$ Q6 C; d' b8 c; Y# cP/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. % ]4 h9 _, ?! F! k2 t
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BROKER -- What my broker has made me. 1 f% p) O6 W2 E n& @
3 ~7 N. M. O- n h9 {' iSTANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. ! d+ {7 F8 D* k" l" p( k
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STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
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3 m8 {/ `6 j. R) }4 V- v( S4 ~0 YSTOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. / ^, i) w ]: |2 x
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. 5 U! l p+ u$ g2 Z0 O
6 m6 L4 {( p0 y/ W. ~) y' QCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
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YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
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- O. r. A, ?' y0 Z( K% cWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.( q, @$ l6 C! J; i9 j- W
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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
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PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.$ S) A+ U1 W" j
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2 t3 @8 Z# _5 ?If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.! u }" F5 }8 d+ R/ N; O
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.- C8 [ y, ]0 t7 F. n
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
$ X& h7 D) P- w3 sBut, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash. # h n8 _" B) X3 O
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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, j& D" F# b" [( K4 i; `5 eWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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0 Z& X8 H5 w& v1 t" _4 @4 _ A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common...
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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