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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表5 S7 s. H! ]- C- l8 g- p7 T
如果是买了nortel呢? W1 J" T9 @6 N. W+ K' E: o0 T- q
3 t# ?1 A( F; z0 v9 B* ^On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work 5 y# c2 r8 r, L8 a0 g: S
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of & U' i2 O( x7 A3 E; L2 R) Y' L# B0 ]
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). 7 I' Y; g3 E/ u% Q! e5 i
- w$ n$ D! B! n1 s$ i4 y" c& jJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the+ f) B9 c0 d7 O* d0 a
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the' }- g% N' K* V1 u9 D
transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the ) h" Y( {+ c+ _
Nortel stock climb and climb, he2 A$ d' {( x. z5 K7 |. x9 R& k
felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.7 p' U6 Y2 s; y3 {' C1 q" u
* h0 u) `: e* T3 J M# Q2 nJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different 5 e2 S t( S9 ^. c
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he + p9 M# C& b8 w
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
7 E1 m3 e- G( X7 k, |' qfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles3 i) o' @: w% B! C/ ?
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, 9 Q0 o ]# G7 H% |# M
calculated that he could drink about 15
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year.5 z7 Z) n9 d0 m& a
% I/ } K/ p" e' C$ W2 W$ a, l2 P. [Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
9 p/ H. M8 s' ?constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
- @" M# u1 [, g8 B6 d/ `& gdwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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' s+ I2 {2 N m+ ?6 cJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
9 E. f+ Z, q d3 G. Tbasis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".! h$ s- l% N. q/ v" X
7 F/ E1 f2 h& H1 r# t. Z0 ZMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
( N. V2 M0 H% v E4 |% B5 ?noticeable dent in the beer pile.! g+ \1 k. X; q/ ?
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was 3 A# J( k* N q6 [: M1 B6 g* V$ j
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the6 t( A0 I, m" Y4 ~# C& S. D( d! P
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
0 u' b t% ]% x6 N2 ]( {5 s* O* Hpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be , v) H9 o' G0 Y& D
worth!!".6 p x8 F* d0 u' m! U( T `1 D
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. 2 q: d1 p E/ y' i- G7 y
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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/ I B, B6 W, a9 iLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through* z% V2 l, {' ?
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the 1 e0 E# d1 b& s: X
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
^/ G" \: Z' a. u( y3 n7 X x4 Rneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
( N3 { W7 q4 O6 Y. N4 Q7 L( Oit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,) ?9 w$ R8 `9 Z# f% r# e7 e
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated $ ?. A, S7 r. {
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
: ?- [. |2 R) P6 o; ]got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. $ x% p: s Z5 q- t4 L( y4 V& q
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he ; x: a# h; P& x6 k( u
added as his other friend with& K1 t- D3 A9 C# O' F
the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.% J8 g3 D- n8 [- p# T T6 _2 b
, C$ {/ C# _+ Y* F+ I" FUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a& ^7 T& f& e' B' \8 R) r1 i& ^
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
8 s( H' p" g4 q4 p8 ^1 ~bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as6 [+ ?0 f- B- x6 {9 V/ f
he handed him the money. & p: [! e6 n: R! |
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
; z) J! X. K0 S0 n% d fwould feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment Y7 t- ?0 I4 Z
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
% k% g$ _. d- k' |own "moral to the story".4 A( a9 s2 n6 }0 @- l6 v5 _
, {0 C) z4 i/ ]. Z2 O8 D9 q. jHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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