How the Stock Market Works

mike1180

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Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them.
The man bought thousands at $10 each and as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort.
He then further announced that he would now buy at $20 each.
This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms.
The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50!
However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.
In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected.
I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each."
The villagers rounded up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant ever again, only monkeys everywhere.

Now you know how the stock market works.
Very pertinent today.
 
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why is it that putting money on:

1. a football game
2. a roll of the dice
3. a horse
4. a hand of poker

is all considered gambling.....yet putting $5k into the stock market hoping some day it will be worth more is considered "investing". its a gamble just like picking the winner of the #4 race.
 
Yeah...you thing that's something...wait till they start doing with invisible monkeys

Chicago Climate Exchange

Chicago Climate Exchange...trading invisible gases to the underdeveloped,
read redistribution of wealth, help started by OBAMA...projected 10 Trillion
IF cap and trade goes thru (SURPRISE).

Also partial owners..Al Gore (Wow...didn't he just buy a 9 million dollar house)
and the EVIL GOLDMAN SACHS..Hmmmm.....???


Oh NOooooo...Cap and trade is all about the environment :rofl:...yeah, and healthcare
is about....Healthcare :rofl::rofl:

Like Global warming is real :rofl::rofl::rofl:
(this is getting funnier and funnier...oh wait, no...it really isn't)


While were at it...let's talk about the huge Socialist sucess Greece is having...
Hows that working for ya...

The difference between wall street and the govt' is investing in wall street is YOUR
choice, don't like it bury it in the yard...if you can keep Obama from it....
 
:laugh:

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