fred2007 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Ø > > > Subject: monkeys everywhere! > > > > >> A cautionary tale for all the (global) villagers : > >> > >>> 'Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared 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 and, as supply started to > >>> diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that > >>> he > >>> would now buy monkeys 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 scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch > >>> it! The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! > >>> However, > >>> since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now > >>> buy on behalf of him. > >>> > >>> In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. 'Look at > >>> all > >>> these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already 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 again, only lots and lots > >>> of > >>> monkeys! Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market > >>> works.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eefoo Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Fred, please learn how to re-format forwaded emails to make them easier on the eyes .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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