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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
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* h( ~7 Z, E4 [$ l* b$ FOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
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2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the. W" x% v' W' M! @8 c- u7 ~
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
4 O" l6 F; P) g* O5 Z7 G! ]transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
% e8 q2 C, W1 c) p' J hNortel stock climb and climb, he
) O! i5 B0 K0 D/ _felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.' R9 C! o# s( _
( `' F0 m; ` l+ V0 EJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different $ ~* Q! n8 p3 \( t
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he 0 V0 h" g) [. K
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
; ]3 @/ s; Y4 q; b, j) vfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles; I6 U8 Y$ t, W! X1 j! D! z
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
# |# O8 l \ @- r$ g2 m9 W1 bcalculated that he could drink about 15 1 f5 w! K8 ^: }5 {' P8 @
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
- W: l6 y. H9 \; X, xconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to . C. j5 N$ s3 L- _- j
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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" C7 d+ U% v% p& ^4 w; g# u* _: sJohn, 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 , o5 M, K7 G& |% ]! T5 c5 k/ a
noticeable dent in the beer pile.
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X( i1 ?- h: U0 {' LMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was ; H8 u+ j8 O. U- s. x9 L6 q: C
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the
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purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. . s* j; k5 k' T* |- m+ i
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
, p9 V& [. }2 ^! u# O c7 F- Q# Bthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
( x& ^" C( o$ h$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone1 J1 k( S# w8 [4 @5 w# z6 R( }! ^, I
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
o g5 y O W O, m: r$ Pit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,; F& G) c2 n" D! T( C8 Y0 T/ Y
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
3 n9 J; b2 G3 Z: ?! zthe gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I . d# i3 F6 L) E- M2 { j9 }. X h
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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% i+ @$ _3 L# L- y4 I"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he " L0 g! X" v; d: X
added as his other friend with
9 E- R. P$ c9 b6 z/ x5 y! Q8 Cthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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. j- v. g, E5 s4 @$ I2 p0 ZUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
$ B' [1 \6 |% H# d6 ~( r9 plittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
0 M ~5 ^/ v+ o' R! l% tbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
7 B# R) H! e5 K y2 o: S# yhe handed him the money.
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) h) P, x0 o0 b6 xJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you8 z" t6 E, g( q& Q# e0 e
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 3 y; G4 t5 S o2 r5 O2 z6 g, t
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. 9 Y6 p1 {$ f5 ^1 F# U$ Q1 H
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
) B7 ?; V0 K: f" G t/ |% w' Uown "moral to the story".
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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