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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表
6 r: D1 C# j; d) n7 u如果是买了nortel呢?
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c5 x$ N& T3 [$ P6 M qOn 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). 2 g& n- g. |, n- @
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the! U3 P0 X% |" J
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
8 B9 l: K3 Z" g5 H0 S+ ttransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
( F5 p* o4 p* U$ N* q/ ENortel stock climb and climb, he
- j) s) k+ Q# B2 W3 n* `+ b' Wfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.: [* X7 n6 \4 m
. V D2 L/ y \* `7 _1 j2 EJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
: U. x6 v7 x( d8 ewith his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
9 U" q: t( ^! p9 M9 bpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also
8 d+ X' t+ H r- r) Dfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
/ p' ^: i; G+ dof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, ( a5 x5 O6 h4 R6 k- J) \
calculated that he could drink about 15
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year.: s4 X: T( o" B
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
! \2 _& ^' @1 o: K2 r6 Wconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to 1 ~9 T( c2 V$ ~& M& g* v
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+ A' t F0 \0 A' c% W
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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- Y% l2 i' @' ~) v: a6 L" gMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a & w4 K% E9 D+ O! J: P
noticeable dent in the beer pile.
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1 Q8 m2 E1 U& y! aMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was 0 U; S7 H: C5 _
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the+ i ?4 d D Z: A7 a4 o9 m
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
& o. i( A" a8 _purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be ' s: z1 [7 ?# k- q' J
worth!!".
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
1 @: o2 Z7 y% r5 [Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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' ^1 u9 ?9 l+ p) b" FLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through
% ?1 |6 H) J9 T# j. Hthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the * y9 p7 f+ S9 b/ ?3 L E
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
" |: x. L3 L) k; [9 l- Lneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have E0 {) M6 t s
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
& i/ [" Q) u9 a4 E$ H' w7 p7 q& Qcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated & w7 P& t4 P/ e: s9 j2 y
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I * q$ U2 d( t! V
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 0 {9 j& q. i" p3 }
0 K( C% A( @+ `' U$ p1 `"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
6 K1 B- }* y" {3 n5 ?added as his other friend with
$ F; i* }: [6 _. p4 @" dthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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9 b' M! q* ]" W% Z5 M# s, D4 \Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a0 y+ K/ W- ?( C) h4 n8 E
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 # _+ X* h* N# E7 Y3 G7 G; G3 z' H
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
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' D, B; m; B7 s+ G0 Q: J. kJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
+ h9 W( a. t: Ywould feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 6 y4 r/ T; R& D: h) Z6 h: P
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're# g7 p8 S; q0 h* Q, z/ i
own "moral to the story".- O( m( D$ u7 X9 ~4 r6 |
! m2 B/ F) c; d0 RHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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