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Once upon a time in a village in India, a manannounced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.1 t' u* X. C( v" X
The man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts.The man further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
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4 R9 Y( x `8 z- a" r( @+ nSoon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
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3 ]4 q( k0 _, {0 lThe man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf.: t. D% S# J+ a6 g- o N
/ s4 T; s) g/ V! F4 dIn the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at$35 and when he returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50.'7 W* {1 x, v* s+ @
p" \7 A3 \0 k# @' F* JThe villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.3 r( M' \! Y( j8 d/ a4 G+ b/ X
Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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