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Re: The Lighter Side of the Market



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Bill


--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Dr. S. Nathan Berger" <snberger@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi, all
> 
> Got this in my mailbox from Al Thomas (If It Doesn't Go Up, Don't 
Buy It),
> and know he would not mind if I pass it along to the Group:
> 
> Clarification of Terms
> BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to 
mistake
> himself for a financial genius.
> 
> BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18-month period when the kids get no 
allowance, the
> wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
> 
> MOMENTUM INVESTING -- The fine art of buying high and selling low.
> 
> VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
> 
> P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the 
market
> keeps crashing.
> 
> BROKER -- What my broker has made me.
> 
> "BUY, BUY" -- A flight attendant making market recommendations as 
you step
> off the plane.
> 
> STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
> 
> STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock. Pronounced 
with a
> broad 'A'.
> 
> STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets 
equally
> between themselves.
> 
> FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy who actually remembers his wallet when 
he runs to
> the 7-11 for toilet paper and cigarettes.
> 
> MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
> 
> CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down 
the toilet.
> 
> YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for 
$240 per
> share.
> 
> WINDOWS 2000 -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker that 
bought
> Yahoo
> @ $240 per share.
> 
> INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in 
a
> nuthouse.
> 
> PROFIT -- Religious guy who talks to God
> 
> Hope you can still laugh at such as this!
> 
> Nate