Wednesday, December 10, 2008

New Stock Market Terms

Here is some financial humor that my boss gave to me. My boss is the VP for Finance (CFO), but not as described below!

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 6-18 month period when the kids get no allowance and the wife gets no jewelry.
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.
Financial Planner - A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
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 - What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo at $240 a share.
Institutional Investor - Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
Profit - An archaic word no longer in use.

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