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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表9 A9 i3 k" i7 x5 Z; M u+ ?
如果是买了nortel呢?
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0 s. G2 \9 y! @1 Z R3 LOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
. g a) D, K1 P+ Ufor Nortel Networks, where in the summer of # J! ^8 |6 y4 q6 B R+ A
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). # @0 K: w8 Y/ d/ A
- I% o4 B- U3 i* f5 y- UJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
7 R9 h' ~, b" {4 Hwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
! i% w) f; M0 ktransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the : M* u% ?$ s) }; \& a& X% K
Nortel stock climb and climb, he5 K. `# W- w2 b; m9 ~; H/ f
felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.5 S4 `' B3 g9 i5 v
" v, r& v8 |3 O' }/ sJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different & t8 [! Y% D$ t5 Z! g
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
: a( Q3 p& `$ T8 Gpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also$ P8 }6 Y/ n+ r+ Q
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
1 Q" B( U: ]5 Mof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, $ }. M9 i4 Z3 Q2 U$ h
calculated that he could drink about 15 " h: S3 R, t+ g
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole. V: t8 G; g+ }) I4 v* s& Q0 P
year." ^% ~. S( `4 s6 A( _- n1 ]: C" E
" i' w2 [4 i4 e( ?3 G, N' y$ hJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
) _' c) h l' P8 ~9 iconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
0 C: L7 u# ]" _! Ydwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.% Y' F( L( ~# p* m1 L
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a 9 {- T5 T1 r/ g* B# g1 j. C
noticeable dent in the beer pile.* u+ `( [3 g& ?
/ L' A3 J$ `4 y) ^Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was + n: V( s: R1 K, l# r+ ^; ~6 S
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the; k7 @6 I0 r/ h) G
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous( d& j% Q& u" E' p( c9 e) P
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
: M1 l5 W% f% R. t1 J J: t1 wworth!!".
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. # g K9 K5 B/ J" R) y" o# e1 b
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.% ]) P2 [/ C2 \9 S
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through& V/ i& v, r' b1 ?
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the + n$ g( G9 ?1 p7 k- e6 B" V
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone" I$ V1 v& R. F7 e7 B1 m
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
4 l$ c3 s0 r2 k7 J/ A ?6 sit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,0 T2 `+ l7 ` x4 v
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated + Z8 E6 K; y8 Z, I' N
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
$ B" U7 S4 b* m" p$ H8 Tgot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
( U5 Z! `- p) a* [9 `3 \. padded as his other friend with
/ v# C! S6 f7 n6 Kthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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/ t; H, ?, `% T& b) x: k! MUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a7 T9 Z1 R) s) c7 S* l: d
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
- l% E$ ?- z+ kbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
9 R4 H4 ~/ A8 d* V2 I+ whe handed him the money.
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5 ]7 J1 D( }# z; \" ^* ^7 nJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you. c, _6 T& O& ~
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
7 c2 Q7 N8 _0 x) u/ h! hleft 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're6 }- c4 d- X6 m v7 I
own "moral to the story".6 e: k5 _( e/ m7 f
3 i0 O! B4 h Z/ }0 `, cHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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