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" B8 f5 A l9 E- hCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. . \' a; d. r. ~3 ~7 D- ?9 P3 q
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer.
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BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
2 P T8 D, g* R. c+ e" YBEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. : K9 l: E" T4 N# k
g5 \2 @ S6 U D: _1 s. O- g) jVALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. : |0 F# ]% V! B/ N+ u8 F: Z
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BROKER -- What my broker has made me.
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2 Y5 r c6 [6 O' @( YSTANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.( R3 E i1 t/ v4 C9 n
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STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. . c) \3 ~" O/ v% f G6 ]
4 ?, c: F) }8 G, g& H$ V6 H. @" kFINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. + I, W t& h7 U3 ^3 r- t! |
$ P6 F! |! [4 o( D. K3 sMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. ; J' k2 |4 Y9 u6 o; V% N
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CASH 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. ) u/ W2 G( ~& S/ b3 ?; K2 {( X
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WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share." |7 j/ p( m8 H2 x
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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. 8 e, f# G X6 B) i
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PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.
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* I ]! O4 ~7 \# MIf you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
7 ]. G# ^2 I6 C( F' @With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.! ^. T- ]# ?* ?& j) Y9 k
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
" }* N$ Y" S! S* J1 jBut, 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 $214 cash.
1 P6 x4 N0 S. u0 D' y7 RBased on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.. w5 V2 V) g4 C" r+ n" b, t
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What is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.) G! L: z# t0 u$ a8 X8 ~6 F
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# n) z8 n2 g$ q" t$ J# L, @6 XPoliticians and diapers have one thing in common... " p6 x$ l( z L4 F
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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