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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表- @: A% m/ j& p+ x6 b q
如果是买了nortel呢?
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1 ^* T9 l: H' ~, U" t. G) HOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
1 K: P9 V; \- K3 l$ pfor Nortel Networks, where in the summer of ' `& `0 ]* C$ c6 h' Y+ K% g; e9 G" ?# F
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses).
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
2 `2 H2 P& I& F4 h$ Jwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
5 j1 V' l, H, A3 m5 _9 x! Z" m3 ^- @transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
8 `; O. a+ b$ J2 r4 k# y" FNortel stock climb and climb, he
& W1 l7 s0 p* M$ A5 {3 Hfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.
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$ E, \! I0 N" d, G, WJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
& S9 a- l E- E; z% W% Iwith his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he d; u/ D4 I' ]0 N4 [, D7 Y& x% W
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also4 z! }! X6 t+ q) @
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
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calculated that he could drink about 15 ) G4 i$ \6 U/ K; z2 {4 @
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole' G' X3 A* A+ q1 P$ g( @
year.
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. M* l+ o' h7 |8 Q$ ZJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
3 y$ B |2 I; P7 V& `constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to * A, U0 ?, _3 O. ?2 e, S! h1 J
dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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* U' @7 G4 D/ G9 _ u& v# UJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
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Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
6 x: k" Q- F$ s" f. ?noticeable dent in the beer pile.
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3 Z5 I* W, K6 J# O. oMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
% r5 P. p: D( e/ j3 n/ T3 ^: Rabout half gone. Jim, being sure that the4 {. ~4 l: i/ z K/ A$ E+ d# k
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous" s4 ~& r, x9 g3 T9 V- f% ]
purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
! J c: p6 I1 dBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.% R5 v5 v+ ], i
6 p, k: t+ F: t- o9 KLast week, in order to raise some cash to help through
6 x- m; n- o( N; r2 G, v# [the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the ) {$ K3 `1 K! V6 W3 R
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone5 b' t% @4 A( O- e/ ]7 D) J3 R9 q
needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have. T$ ^- o$ l3 S! O# T
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,1 q# X9 l2 R7 b% y
compasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated + v3 U& |! b% u( c' S" `, ^
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I 4 k8 o5 N1 @* l6 G- ]: U
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. . p1 T1 {* Q" [. D `+ C
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"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
+ p( [4 b* d7 e6 ?6 badded as his other friend with
1 P! Z! K( h0 M+ X% Q" [the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.9 {' }3 R. P( f
7 M* Y1 l z9 W) C- X4 F$ y' TUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a3 s+ U- Q3 S! M/ N: k
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
& a7 Q6 n# ?7 h0 z6 R9 `9 t# \: Ubottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
$ _9 P$ y0 c+ v* U8 t G" J# F$ p7 rhe handed him the money.
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' L* i! Q1 j& g! zJim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you' H2 X0 V }' I7 g; H- n
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 4 A2 y( k$ ^6 o% k7 J
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. 8 Z/ U; o1 j. v* U3 @8 {0 s
2 k( s# {' h* uI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
8 D; g+ Z- |2 `% w$ H, Q5 Fown "moral to the story".
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! [/ H) n0 A5 P3 U1 K6 J. @Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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