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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表% j. C9 t: C/ A8 j. k4 M
如果是买了nortel呢?
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8 i. l2 W7 J! W) H4 o; u- ?On July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work / {" N o8 Q h) \; {4 ]4 W) l
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of # V; D4 B) H6 U/ e3 O& M; D
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). 9 C4 X+ R+ F, U# r# B
; t' ]( r3 b) D. F1 M( h9 J$ kJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the. ]' @4 W* O$ C! Z8 p7 r. \
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the% Y# |" a" i0 `7 e4 d3 \0 R
transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the 9 y3 Q1 g' M' j0 W3 V6 `/ x
Nortel stock climb and climb, he
$ K' G! D, u& u1 n' Zfelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.- y( b$ J- `: B4 c3 E( g8 W
: F/ T" \9 d2 w/ e7 UJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different - g2 P$ E2 S j; S
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he 5 ?* G+ n. M" A( E9 {4 l# G4 D
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
, u. ]4 R/ }- V1 m, kfelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
/ Q* j$ E) U. ~/ c* o* Lof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
2 b$ {' r) N% r% N) X/ s! Hcalculated that he could drink about 15
, u7 Q3 `; ^+ c+ ?bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole; F" v# A- G' v; K0 {
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him3 ]7 L( a1 w8 b, J
constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
8 q0 h1 y9 e) x( G; d0 ?dwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.
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+ k, ], @) n* KJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily
' {0 P- o8 B$ z8 H y7 [& ebasis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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) R7 `4 B8 h7 x% q) D- ]Months went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a 7 X+ N X7 A! y. K$ [* T5 X) L
noticeable dent in the beer pile.% a. n9 g" }' H
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Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was
% Z# R0 {7 o1 `" D! @. habout half gone. Jim, being sure that the% Z: j0 j0 a: L8 N* B9 L' z) G8 k0 L9 |
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
% b1 n& W. ~; L# ~3 m+ Y! zpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
2 R( r% l4 |. g6 Gworth!!".; a7 a8 s; [% |
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue.
T! `# F# o* `, E# [" jBad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
5 N+ K& N: p) ~- E4 w' L2 [& g2 [the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the + D" I/ I3 O2 M! k0 l2 ~
$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
9 z; A6 V+ @3 ^3 K( fneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have6 D. d l' r: V! f! A% ^
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
; [/ n' q4 s* T) `' `7 |+ Zcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated 7 l8 K. q0 U6 |! S
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I 9 \3 l7 @9 ^& n* V8 d
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 3 i; P2 R7 A: E% y# N8 P' Y* f, [
7 V! ^9 I+ M/ b"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
+ z$ ?6 }/ ], F) T! N3 Y K% gadded as his other friend with
7 _& U, w; S5 f+ j5 o/ M" ythe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store.
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
" p8 c5 j1 R) ^8 wlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
2 u9 m1 ]; ?# f& \$ Z$ fbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as/ R; r+ c9 [! r, X; A6 H6 S- E
he handed him the money. : _3 f4 I. r3 H9 p; C
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you6 v1 t3 [; ^" z' L" A$ g
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
) i) N3 o' e+ _' ]! {left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're( \5 T# a$ O( D
own "moral to the story".- V4 V7 b C2 D3 ]- F, l
+ k. w" K* ]# ]5 `' U: N. }Have a nice day, and happy investing. |
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