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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
2 |1 U7 q3 b, R. z如果是买了nortel呢?
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On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
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2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). 8 N6 s: g2 i0 h5 V# Q4 R
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the, h0 |* B$ c N+ S6 m8 o
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
# Q$ {( c. s6 C5 t3 X C7 qtransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the ' w! Z) t8 e% L& `6 K. T
Nortel stock climb and climb, he
* T9 v! W! P" j& kfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.
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/ x! @8 [0 {" s& q, |3 uJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
5 d: V4 o2 ^% t! z; e, B Zwith his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
: x; O9 u+ w1 I% xpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also8 I d- ]: k/ H' q2 i3 c4 G" V1 R
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
0 E. e7 k+ j# e i8 [2 b+ Q: z8 \% Vof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
/ [* J9 C# M$ t$ m! [/ Pcalculated that he could drink about 15
9 @" \0 J7 ?1 F7 B' n. c7 S+ Tbottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole- t7 W! ^5 h B+ _! t+ {6 Z8 Y! ]' {
year.
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/ G, E d- o. c0 yJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
& a$ ^2 B, x. C/ N* F, z) ?constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
3 _" S s: Q3 T( r6 Wdwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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% ]/ f* l/ {. |1 y3 x8 E$ bJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
% l: S0 ?/ V( I2 z. lbasis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a 9 }0 c9 H7 O, e3 f3 h5 V$ X
noticeable 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
( r% W! a5 K8 l- J" eabout half gone. Jim, being sure that the
& v& ]4 P$ o3 f! _! z+ ^7 f/ f' dstock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous5 L* v2 a& b) v7 F0 z& n* g7 M
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be ; T: U& s' G: s Y$ l- s- M! @
worth!!".4 ^/ R) C8 J, b
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. ' q5 d+ c- `. ^, V. Y
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs./ P$ o# a7 |& M( T4 d
1 d7 }3 E& C! F2 C' hLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through
8 W# E! [1 z- Z8 D$ R6 ythe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
$ N5 C4 k4 L6 D6 j$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone3 j+ r1 ~% E$ b) U' W& s- N, y/ M
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have
/ h& g, {! w! ^! {& D- cit, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,0 F9 z, H4 w1 K2 I [
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated 0 z0 Q$ m6 h3 Y; U( k- @
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I ( v* p- R2 x! b/ I
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. : R- r$ ~2 _4 a: c3 e5 Q
, D7 E" V, |$ P }4 T, k"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
7 b8 i2 @) E9 V( x8 J! j+ b! dadded as his other friend with
: D: N/ O- p* athe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.; l' z8 _2 R; v) ]5 \3 k- ~( H" t
$ t7 y: T4 s: j4 SUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a8 @, G. b, m" d
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
0 U" C3 E) _* H5 y5 I+ {bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as/ Y2 F1 ]& V0 U3 Y2 A# I; g
he handed him the money.
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you3 O- Z3 X7 K7 U; `' \4 ?" U$ S
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
7 k6 t2 }& l# O, C3 w6 U Gleft you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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. X V' A* w: E. I' ^ U% W8 r! pI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
% T* c. E5 s/ y" n8 V9 ?% i9 v4 \. Down "moral to the story".. D* ^$ _/ x2 }
0 y k" O7 G% E/ v+ C6 w5 y; z( p2 hHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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