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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表' W" b* J. s1 q
如果是买了nortel呢?
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On 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
* [- h! i% j4 N( i _- ?- }whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
& _; [: i3 Z; O, A- b$ X. l5 ctransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
3 }* v0 K; I' h" eNortel stock climb and climb, he
" `' s' {1 T& { pfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.( X5 b$ A0 C3 a" y
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different * `% d/ K. n( y+ o0 u/ ]* K
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
- K$ P- |" ~2 Z, A' ~1 Hpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also
& a+ m0 k) j8 v# Z- E# D2 tfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
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calculated that he could drink about 15
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( @2 Y4 g e$ o. j8 A W/ XJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
8 a4 O2 R! _4 n% Z) s, D: ~constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to + ?- Z& S' N2 |: H9 w" a4 C& R
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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John, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily* G0 _& w1 j( d2 o" p: U
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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' ~" c3 y6 X9 Z P$ _Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a ' ` _, D6 D0 f
noticeable dent in the beer pile./ P* h; K2 \ x a( J, K; F6 q
! g- N$ P& H6 |; T$ g: W4 |1 IMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was # {, S' d( ?$ ^ M3 c7 m' c
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the# c( f9 } [1 x; k
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
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! k5 d& M) r+ w, K# }2 wWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
9 t# ^ ~' U: P' z1 {* I* BBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.3 k- F* a% L# D" z
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through/ q4 }; q" V4 D6 U/ M
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the # ^" ]) Z1 X2 H8 T4 h. k9 }
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone. l2 Q. f {! a& ]- ]: q8 {
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have& k0 d# h# }) X
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
# U f% ?7 _4 ]4 _compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
! V( i4 G7 g0 X5 b- i- \the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
/ Y: ~; Y0 a1 j& Ygot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 5 p/ L, f0 x. o
$ K5 B: R. x; `$ J4 @"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
: h/ }8 L: n, yadded as his other friend with
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
/ T2 J8 x B: ?1 Ylittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
6 D. n$ Z$ [8 `& \9 ibottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as( f3 k6 T! |0 \3 F( g$ D
he handed him the money.
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2 E+ {% ^- P6 l- i \8 R% {3 pJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
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left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. 7 F# R) D5 d, q# |. E2 Q5 q' p0 L
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
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Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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