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 New Stock Market Terms:
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* T9 t7 g5 I( o" b# LCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
% S3 `0 {! g0 _CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. 1 l1 X+ y1 I* a
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BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
; [6 y. l8 ]. ~! n* e fBEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
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VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. ; k4 c: z& }1 M$ k
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
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! v. |/ S( Z3 s2 n VBROKER -- What my broker has made me. 3 q7 r- U- p( i" W
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STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. 2 Y( i4 z9 N. D7 Y) g1 n0 _) w
6 s5 S6 f8 @! E3 Z8 ?9 Y3 JSTOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.; g5 Z: p: ^; @7 \" a
+ q( l+ J9 Y, A: t- S& U$ t1 dSTOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. ( V u( O! j$ x( C
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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* x7 M/ F; O# E* i0 s sMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
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& ]: A& `% S2 Q7 GCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. 6 ] L5 b$ R }0 Y% z& w; {8 V7 U
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YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
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+ |. a8 b1 c B! dWINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.
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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.
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8 r% F8 A* F% d1 y M) NIf you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.. \% }) d( q) T+ D. Z9 V) \
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
5 ]) T5 [: l- _7 X9 HWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
3 m! w( w9 H$ E$ J" c7 @7 g9 s ]But, 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 $214 cash. ; q/ \0 x4 o% O5 t2 J$ ?
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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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.
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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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