Showing posts with label Wall Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wall Street. Show all posts

Friday, October 10, 2008

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.

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 @ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's
now locked up in a nuthouse.

PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Honey for the Bear


















CNBC's is characterizing this morning's NYSE opening as "Jamie's Rally," in the wake of JP Morgan sweetening their bid for troubled financial institution Bear Stearns from $2 to $10 a share. JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon held a conference call on Sunday evening to tout the deal to American financial institutions.