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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表8 t0 y- O6 K% S9 v5 E
如果是买了nortel呢?
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# c& S' @. }: }" m! N* d1 g% \5 EOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work
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, y2 W0 z q2 l7 H0 r8 ?. K$ nJim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the x% ?8 C+ x1 I& ~
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the
: K9 r3 s2 B0 v# k `) _transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the * p3 q+ `, P8 M0 E, G7 [* x2 `/ z
Nortel stock climb and climb, he
3 q, R8 ?. u$ `7 V2 Ofelt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.- s: U) I. S3 ~0 I- X M' @& r4 c
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John, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
: Z: y' p3 H) W/ }+ b: pwith his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
0 H% g* e7 W dpurchased 33 cases of beer. John also: P# _! `! ?- i _7 S8 j
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles5 F q. Q2 h3 U0 L
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
% Z" ?* P& S0 H( O* O6 P! l. p$ d" g/ hcalculated that he could drink about 15
0 _5 [, x# v! |" p5 z5 ibottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
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* h4 E8 A9 d, r5 f: |Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him
5 r( F( |! ~3 b" Y, J1 ~7 k& lconstantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
0 }/ [* M: A6 U6 d& j/ |" ddwindle. "It'll go back up", he'd say to John.) b* C& i/ I: H6 t9 K; f
7 b5 A0 E$ O5 G' \7 N( I; k; kJohn, who has been reaping the benefits of his investment on a daily9 _) B- S9 n6 l4 z1 y
basis, would reply, "Ya, it will. Hang in there buddy".
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2 K5 t2 P6 q4 P3 E. hMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a * n; H m/ x1 e& @- j" N- C
noticeable dent in the beer pile.
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" i5 A& w5 r; s* M0 f1 P1 { i5 [Midwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was 8 k9 z2 u! F4 h* `/ w
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the
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purchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be
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! V* n9 d3 `- }, B+ \+ IWell, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. / U6 X* c$ e8 n" I0 A
Bad 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
! J4 _4 r3 ]5 _( h8 mthe rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
: U" f' H5 a) m$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
4 m( B& {* S, S) {- `needs their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have t4 J; K) E2 [% `8 n8 s9 \
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
' A5 _2 M/ o$ v) ?0 d) X- K0 wcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated # i+ r% T& i( y* x9 c! R0 O& ~
the gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I & P2 o0 M k& c
got fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said. ' j. l! y# A7 U2 _, w+ o" f2 | m
8 ]! n& x$ O: q0 q2 w4 Y3 y"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.' u. k( Y: E" [1 s) K
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Upon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a* P, v6 ?# p1 N* ^
little grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
7 R6 B& r! A% {bottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as
# v5 l3 d* b3 b5 \1 Y9 Z/ i6 Yhe handed him the money. $ O( ^& Y0 j; ?
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you; u( ]- b: w) V" o' u
would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment ( O; C! }8 i; T: }
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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_& y1 _% [" \' Y) d3 u" BI'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're+ F/ X% d5 {8 o3 G
own "moral to the story".' d, u; l/ ~. \8 m0 F6 [
! W( I* E7 r7 ZHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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