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原帖由 如花 于 2006-10-23 13:23 发表- [/ h. e; k) b- Y" `; l2 X O x
如果是买了nortel呢?
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& d' E$ w& z. ~) f% X/ hOn July 26, 2000, two friends, Jim and John, each got a $1000 bonus at work. (They both work 6 K! H: ~. S/ S% x
for Nortel Networks, where in the summer of
5 Z3 V- g' u9 L/ _& J2000, there was LOTS of money around for bonuses). : V! X; u6 M2 h0 `- w0 J1 t. i
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Jim, being an intelligent, financially concientious person, put the) R2 o/ f* P6 ^1 I7 p
whole $1000 into Nortel Networks stock. With his $1000, and the2 V9 L( r- w3 ]9 a% |& d
transaction cost of $35, he was able to purchase 7 shares at $123 each. Having watched the
0 V1 Y c* z6 A8 I# g6 p3 PNortel stock climb and climb, he
7 ~* d4 v) t+ [3 j6 r& `felt very good about this investment, happy that he is preparing for the future.5 u8 |" Q" p# e& d: Z
4 n, ^, ^' {4 Z/ mJohn, being a more care-free sort, did something slightly different
& Q1 s3 U: m" i$ e7 B) ^2 [with his $1000. John borrowed a friend's truck, and proceeded to the Beer Store, where he
6 |( F$ j6 Q& G+ J7 {purchased 33 cases of beer. John also9 ]% F& }6 m* j* ]- ?
felt very good about his investment: 33 cases x 24 = is 792 bottles, d3 F& B, H' h9 M
of beer! John, also being an intelligent guy, although perhaps not as forward-thinking as Jim,
8 l' C6 a$ {6 {9 mcalculated that he could drink about 15 # ~( k' I; u N0 M8 F' V0 F
bottles per week, and he wouldn't have to buy beer for a whole
# {& y( Q( n8 o N3 Syear.
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Jim, of course, was appalled by John's purchase, and berated him4 b& d/ ~; X: e6 M
constantly about it. As months went by, Jim excitedly watched the stock prices, and saw it start to
5 U" F' u) q6 E6 L+ s! b kdwindle. "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 daily
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# M$ T4 V% x2 \+ a7 K' XMonths went by, and the value of the stock continued to fall, and there was the beginnings of a
& b* v, | m; M# jnoticeable dent in the beer pile.; j: f% c& ~! P. z9 _6 |
7 k% ]+ s& H6 }5 qMidwinter came, Jim's stock had fallen to about half of it's original value, and John's beer was " [ ]7 [$ @5 ?* U" s
about half gone. Jim, being sure that the4 ~; r# p* t; Q$ P
stock had hit rock-bottom, still was berating John for his frivolous
/ U0 _1 ]6 s& s# L* dpurchase, telling him "Your beer will be gone in six months! Who knows what my stock will be ( a2 k3 y' E6 g3 A+ D2 B/ h- U; Q" g
worth!!".; B8 L# [' w( {# }* ^( h
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Well, summer has come, and hard times at Nortel continue. # O' f- g+ j! b0 @3 Z: c
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% _: N: _$ n n/ U' _: o5 s
the rough time, Jim sold his 7 shares, at that day's value of $12, and got $84, then after paying the
. i) _# C1 m2 [$ k" T+ K, @$35 transaction fee, he only had $49. Jim stopped by John's house later that day (everyone
S& M( i: I0 `1 bneeds their friend's during rough times), and as luck would have' g% `' ~% ^5 T% Z7 m$ R9 b9 K
it, there were two bottles of John's beer left. John, being a good,
+ {6 w- d* H/ q. k" Tcompasionate friend, offered to share his last two bottles of beer with his friend. Jim appreciated
' A z) l1 M! L; _- |7 ythe gesture, and enjoyed the cold beer on the hot summer's day, but he felt a bit guilty. "At least I
; v# I, Z g0 B. pgot fifty bucks back out of it - you have nothing now.", he said.
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0 }4 O; i% ^4 \' a- `& d' c"That's ok.", replied John. "Perhaps you can help me, I need to return all these empties.", he * {- V) s2 O3 v- M$ k; _' t% m
added as his other friend with
" v& l# M* ^) v" N: lthe truck pulled in. So, they loaded up the truck, and proceeded off to the beer store./ Q% J: G' s# i# ?
2 v& {* U3 O' i8 ZUpon arrival at the beer store, they unloaded the empties, feeling a
~# ]& N/ |# _; ]. Dlittle grim. John went to the counter, and collected his refund for the bottles. "33 cases x 24
; o i1 c/ _2 D3 Mbottles, at 10 cents per bottle, that comes to $79.20", the friendly Beer Store clerk said to John as8 M C4 i2 k, V) r9 H. ?/ w
he handed him the money. 2 B% Y0 P+ J7 B: y2 x# V
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Jim was speechless. Poor guy. Can you imagine how you
" v9 L2 s- B' ]: @- }; }1 e& P& [would feel if you just discovered that over the course of the last year, your $1000 stock investment 4 Q% q. m$ S! O+ M' x, M) j5 G
left you with $50, and taking same 1000, buying beer, and drinking it, would leave you with $80.
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. x& {6 [9 q" }5 M `I'll leave it up to the reader to come up with they're
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1 \* w3 s+ d0 O2 \9 UHave a nice day, and happy investing. |
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