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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表# Y: K) X* A& W* j" t2 w
如果是买了nortel呢? 2 c3 d' J" [& G5 R
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On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work & P" ^0 K# o/ Z7 f: U. f
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of - x; @9 ] A4 h6 L: M/ a1 T( x
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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" P0 W& \; J, `Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
" X7 M4 }$ K$ w; [4 ~9 Zwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
% u8 u2 E; a! ]3 j; x6 a- [* Y wtransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the 5 j; v, u# I! N
Nortel stock climb and climb, he* D5 @- l# i& } i, Z* b. W
felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.$ z! u- E1 v w7 Y5 G6 {
: r0 R }: l# TJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different 4 O6 G" ~; F/ Q' o6 }
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he , A: U/ p4 @5 G8 _: p2 M/ J
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also& [- h( ~. R& `5 B _5 T8 m
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles, j9 R. P' k3 ]
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, % R4 G6 ]# U! _: Z
calculated that he could drink about 15 3 ~; s* X& u X9 u9 o$ u
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole% u4 k# L' } C( m
year.
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! s% W2 v- }5 F# |Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
9 w$ p$ e5 o4 V$ |0 lconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to ' I% i2 g9 K1 j7 a* \) w/ G
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.6 w# j; c- X1 |; a5 _4 w0 i
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily& R- c" D, b. o& a
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".! K4 g$ g" y/ o5 x
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
- J; j9 X4 i( s! z: O7 K4 |0 m1 m8 Lnoticeable dent in the beer pile.
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was % q! M H% J. h! K8 I
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the
! m& B8 k% i; X( p0 ostock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
4 K9 K; Z. g2 `7 v! [* p! Cpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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- n0 `! `8 D1 HWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. # f2 Q6 s1 P; y( }/ I8 j6 r
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.1 ?1 H, z1 {$ p
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through0 k' w, O9 e4 q6 U( F; u8 m, d
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the , W$ m4 U9 {0 j
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
, z# w9 K+ }1 V, e+ mneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have/ W! f5 i4 f& ?6 w
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,+ X& V) A1 F# F. I" h& q& X6 ^
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated + H$ d: t+ v% q$ `% F
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
% w; x/ z! Q5 z2 y. }6 x# m1 r1 egot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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I9 d4 H3 e- W6 p E! u( F, Z% R"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he 9 b6 r/ {; b6 f% ^5 `
added as his other friend with4 e& o# X$ j- P6 r/ t: n. w
the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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Q- P- _9 x7 x2 u& ZUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a7 ]) Y# G5 x# D# j1 J3 w
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
5 ?& e( R8 i) K. ^% E2 m* V- w Vbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as. Y/ I: X' o1 \+ S
he handed him the money.
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you: i/ k7 o2 J V, E
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment ; P. }" u& K7 Y! Q4 j( |
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. 9 h" w' V; | I6 S( Q% d
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
3 T9 n6 M* k: c0 ]( B9 {& iown "moral to the story".% P/ J$ @5 W, q' e/ f% h8 H3 |; l
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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