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> > Subject: monkeys everywhere!

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> >> A cautionary tale for all the (global) villagers :

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> >>> '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.'

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