I figured out how the stock market works!

Hillbilly

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this amazing tail certainly make sense to me and now I know why I have never invested in stocks...

Once upon a time in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
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> The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them.
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> The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, they became harder to catch, so the villagers stopped their effort.
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> The man then announced that he would now pay $20 for each one.
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> This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
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> But soon the supply diminished even further and they were ever harder to catch,
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> so people started going back to their farms and forgot about monkey catching.
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> The man increased his price to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so sparse that it was an effort to even see a monkey,
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> much less catch one.
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> The man now announced that he would buy monkeys for $50!
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> However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.
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> While the man was away the assistant told the villagers, Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has bought.
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> I will sell them to you at $35 each and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.
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> The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys.
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> They never saw the man or his assistant again and once again there were monkeys everywhere.
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> Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works .
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And, Yes Virginia, there is a Dominican Stock Market!!!!


See, I made it DR related!!

Me good tonight.

HB
 

J D Sauser

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And it WORKS!!

The good news is, I am sorry to report, IT WORKS!

And here is how I know it does:

I was just sitting here laughing reading your market research report.
My housekeeper was doing the usual mopping stunts around myself sitting on my office chair trying to clean up the floor all whilst trying to be invisible. Then, she couldn't resist asking what was so funny.
So, I translated the story to her... trying not to make it sound like we'd be making fun of our locals... I placed the story around a little Bantu village in Africa...
Well, she listened and then started laughing out loud... "ay que tiqueres estos negritos, no?... jajaja, que saben mucho esta gente de pueblo... jajaja... y entonce, el hombre?... jajaja, se quedo mismo sin monitos!"

:surprised

Yep, tigueraje can be a trap at times... and you can often find a tiguere caught in it.

... J-D.
 

Camden Tom

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this amazing tail certainly make sense to me and now I know why I have never invested in stocks...

Once upon a time in a place overrun with monkeys, 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, they became harder to catch, so the villagers stopped their effort.
>
> The man then announced that he would now pay $20 for each one.
>
> This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
>
> But soon the supply diminished even further and they were ever harder to catch,
>
> so people started going back to their farms and forgot about monkey catching.
>
> The man increased his price to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so sparse that it was an effort to even see a monkey,
>
> much less catch one.
>
> The man now announced that he would buy monkeys for $50!
>
> However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.
>
> While the man was away the assistant told the villagers, Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has bought.
>
> I will sell them to you at $35 each and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.
>
> The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys.
>
> They never saw the man or his assistant again and once again there were monkeys everywhere.
>
> Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works .
>


And, Yes Virginia, there is a Dominican Stock Market!!!!


See, I made it DR related!!

Me good tonight.

HB
That might be a funny story if it wasn't so damn true.