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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
/ e) r* b6 V3 p如果是买了nortel呢?
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# I. s: ]* s5 Z& p: @On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work 9 c7 K' O! x# Z3 o- }7 F8 \2 ]+ ^, L
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of / I1 N i- F5 e- c0 _3 y/ a
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). " H+ o4 B9 c5 |; W! h
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
, P9 t6 n7 S# g. \3 k0 W! `: h+ I$ W6 Wwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
- |# M5 Y) B+ \6 ztransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
1 y. m( T3 L2 Y" d; n& ~Nortel stock climb and climb, he
" J( Q7 m% u! A/ G# g( kfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.7 f& [5 ?) X3 r m8 A9 u
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
9 f7 X* K9 N* e" Gwith his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
$ b' z# K( E, X6 [ U. I8 n" x5 q& gpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also
: h+ J0 S5 s4 sfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles3 ]% C6 A" s f3 l% z
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, + Z' u6 T/ @5 ?$ O' h( e
calculated that he could drink about 15
1 ^9 c" t4 E3 J) j! w. rbottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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) M w- N" o5 TJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him& M( F( j9 k" H& \9 C
constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
( N- L( N$ i1 g& n% o8 i+ D3 Qdwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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& A& s0 o7 [& q/ c$ { | o$ N$ OJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
+ y7 A9 Z3 K/ |& w, ~% rbasis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".4 E/ v/ I% O' b3 a! o% }& z
2 `9 m' ?5 ^9 y8 f& b% ]4 GMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a : g/ g4 ^- C4 O' B
noticeable dent in the beer pile.
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( d) X6 ^( M. ^* b6 h( uMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
. A/ y" ^" f( G3 m% i7 H* Habout half gone. Jim, being sure that the
9 b8 u& i# g4 J. W! `/ F! U5 ?stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
* Q4 k0 Z5 i8 H1 Q* wpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be 1 S9 c8 z5 \7 d0 |+ b7 d, r
worth!!".$ S4 R) E/ @) s% S/ f( K! b
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. ! I! A9 p6 ?0 x0 ]/ `
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.0 i" F" E! A9 W; K% v& i9 H( N
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
# _) A& t) P4 l. G5 @the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the 3 L, w* Q2 ~# ~
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone) A: [/ o( b$ n
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have4 a' C0 t3 ~5 n9 A$ t8 C# M' [
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
2 z d( ?( }+ W, i! }compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
' t+ B4 d/ ]+ xthe gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
6 a/ v, ~( W. |got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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1 W# P; y6 t- S9 L% G- d"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he & S8 K" N, X( B* N5 O3 @8 f
added as his other friend with( `. f/ m, D! }( t6 l
the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.$ W/ Z/ P; K" V E
' w8 X1 N$ o! [% BUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
0 f Z3 O8 h, e: _0 clittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
* @. n v/ i" tbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as& m( m, O, r2 m# }
he handed him the money. " h; a* @% X0 u S5 H7 k1 p
8 y( A9 _. M- ~) Q, J" L cJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
: m/ {! X8 \: K) iwould feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment ( m( z0 g; ^ @& r5 x: p5 E4 ~% ]
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
! W9 O5 x1 z. Z5 g, q" \own "moral to the story".: _4 s8 r1 x% z5 v
* T2 }6 Y' P i1 F% V' o0 u5 xHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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