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/ x% h- z, l5 E- N% t% |! UCEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer. ) f9 M3 Z, l0 l8 _3 l& s
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer. 6 h4 N" X( ^+ n3 I
( D1 S6 J* k* s' z3 cBULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. 6 P5 c% e& s( T
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.
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. i! w; P! d7 L' `5 g# [VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. 8 w. A" E1 d7 d0 t" \1 O" h
- _6 _' i8 s* h( v- }- l( yP/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. * H( H/ q: k$ G4 @4 X: ?# m/ g
" w" d/ \, l& Y+ _- } ?& o$ IBROKER -- What my broker has made me.
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0 u8 l! X+ t: a; ]8 F, g+ RSTANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
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: C3 x9 h0 O+ D: v% Y! K! o2 I8 p5 ^STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.. L1 ~1 t# c' T1 s
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STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. 0 s/ r& l- |# {1 o5 `
& j' G: M- I* c; S: L; cFINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. ( D; c, W$ o; p. Y
4 Y5 S& d! `: a3 H+ s8 t3 DMARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. 4 N! ?+ U* V( P) [- J1 w
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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. 5 L% Q# \, y6 l: S4 ?
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WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.! G; Z3 g' q+ o1 d
( n, n& i0 Q$ J/ Z+ z# vINSTITUTIONAL 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.
& U0 y7 h+ j+ Z2 l- U, W! v, ]* FWith Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
2 T* T" H, r# `5 M( t% HWith AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
3 b8 W/ q9 L; i7 E RBut, 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 $214 cash. 8 n6 R7 A$ G# b* q
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.& F+ h2 P0 U6 q; s' U
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& f% B. ~: a2 ^1 V1 AWhat is the difference between a Wall Street Stockbroker and a pigeon?
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! [& e5 o! B7 B5 O# A- F A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Mercedes.3 h& C, x& D- \, p5 d
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common...
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( e8 s$ G6 }" L ...they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. |
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