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Tuesday, 08/13/2013 7:24:36 PM

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:24:36 PM

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Need to know investment terms:


New Stock Market Terms

• CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.
• CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer.
• 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.
• 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.
• STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
• STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
• STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
• MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
• CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
• INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
• PROFIT -- an archaic word no longer in use.