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 New Stock Market Terms:
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( y; R6 a2 x0 \* [ l# m" nCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. , i1 B# d/ b; r, M
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. " \8 Q! h! H( W$ ^
. {0 m3 ^' e' ~$ z5 FBULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. P. v4 a2 [6 G6 P
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. 1 O1 B7 ^' K( \0 W, Y( N
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VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. 8 Q8 B4 I# n2 ^" d" {0 K5 J
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P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. - P8 \2 x) I6 C2 q' ?
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BROKER -- What my broker has made me. - e0 |( U- q6 S" S
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STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. . _! n" F$ Z( N8 J* B |8 E1 ?4 ~
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STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.+ [# o4 a, p) o; [" i! d+ o
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STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. 8 M% U: H A* E$ n
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FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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- B+ O1 x# ]! r; lMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
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g- t+ j' c/ p- FCASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. % y0 |6 X' O, D
' X' [6 E2 V* ^0 T4 Z4 rYAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
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WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.
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0 y$ A: o! Y1 sINSTITUTIONAL 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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If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.( j" A* t1 I9 M/ y( N. y( ] {
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
, l+ K+ c! P. Z o7 UWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
$ `3 b: [& n7 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.
7 s0 r! `- b# MBased on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.- _% W4 c8 t, o" t, d* B+ S9 Q. D1 S
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What is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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! A: t6 Y" v3 l4 a! m! `0 F' o A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common... ' W; f. X9 C* k/ i: P1 l, ^
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...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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