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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表 J5 W2 J) Y, e$ R
如果是买了nortel呢?
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! b6 j) |( w U2 {% V1 uOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work 8 d9 ?$ P/ m$ l
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of 8 q* v; C% U1 C" g) ?, m! x
2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). ; R, ^3 B2 |. U; |6 E& z& u
4 _: a% R. j% m4 Z" y7 R( ]Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the
( { j( h+ x2 w) gwhole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
% w% M# V1 X2 ttransaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
5 z) l/ X' p, N/ o$ }! UNortel stock climb and climb, he
J1 [( x) X' x' z: w# Z8 Ifelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.! k7 ~; S) Z }9 ]' ~" B
' x( [% X6 @) |2 f4 L3 SJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different % u5 T4 o9 H b, `; O: s
with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he 1 U1 y, P0 @) _2 R; m! l+ Z
purchased 33 cases of beer. John also
/ y5 L% _$ ?$ P/ O' Afelt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles
$ T/ k1 z% E; aof beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim, $ Q4 |8 F- b2 e" g% {6 t! P9 c
calculated that he could drink about 15
( G- K* S2 d' F( I5 ~bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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# \4 G) \" \3 p T4 B( AJim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
" H, h; d& F6 Z, j4 w3 Wconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to ; p3 e9 s- O# C) s; u6 L" {/ u( x
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 daily1 `" q$ x2 X+ t9 s
basis, 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
0 c9 w2 Y) @, K, d- onoticeable dent in the beer pile.. }3 q" Q' Q5 ` O0 r, J
0 P1 |# u" a% z" ^! CMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was " D$ g, Z6 U# v# k
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the
6 [, D- l, W; e2 Y# w; ?stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
: P( n3 {9 F/ W4 f( j: j% j& A- d+ \purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be . `. w) d: {" i6 R. g5 {9 h
worth!!".
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, r1 @% H1 R, V$ IWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. 1 p9 m6 n& D( X# F- x6 V" I" D( C
Bad news: Both John and Jim have been affected by the layoffs.1 m' o% V+ {6 y4 [
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Last week, in order to raise some cash to help through
. P, m0 u- T [( H# N' vthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
2 t5 b! k9 T" j. w$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
- i; C" y, o" X" h( Kneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have& j& ^3 |/ f6 K1 J- U) `+ p
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
6 a% ?, e% G" Y6 F2 Ncompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated 4 y* j- s9 r' J) _* y( ^2 \; |
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
. z5 ?; l* }; W/ o5 qgot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. 2 w4 L6 e) a; `0 f' e
( {9 _* b- o- M"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he
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the truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store./ R. k* \8 x! i" M2 a
( M8 d. Y0 j! Q: J& OUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
% G6 m/ R- \# qlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24 / b# e4 c! x; E& k; |; n1 n0 K
bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as& Z$ _: a+ \% ~" s# Q$ R
he handed him the money. + ] X5 v, @$ q9 g; V9 b- e
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you; K/ w& H! X$ D0 j
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment
+ z% y* ~4 D5 b: V% P" Dleft you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80. 8 ?- _+ a- A* ~: W; v# h
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I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
, ^# q5 P* Z) V0 M2 {+ C6 Bown "moral to the story".2 x3 R: H0 B; b7 s" t
7 i8 m9 u! z0 M0 @3 fHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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