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Castle Courtyard => Liar's Bench aka... Pickle Barrel => Topic started by: Paint Your Wagon on October 09, 2008, 06:04:03 AM
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Lifted from the stoolforum
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.
WAHMOO! -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker
for $40.00 per share.
WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought WAHMOO @ $40 per 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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There is much MORE truth to what you defined here than imaginable. Our reality is painted by those who wish to control our minds and our wallets. We get to keep whatever is left!
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And in 2008, it looks like I will be keeping 42% of my income.
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And in 2008, it looks like I will be keeping 42% of my income.
Overall my boss paid 175 and I got 48 and then paid like 21% VAT on any spending I did and 12% on citytaxes and several hundreds a year in solidarity . On the other hand there is no capital gains tax so buying shares is encouraged but there is 15% tax on dividends on bonds
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I have never trusted the Stock market, never. I was criticised for being an advocate of hard money. Now who weeps and who rings true? All I can say lately is that I have not LOST any money in the present mess. 8)
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The greater the mess the more money I make
Got to go and watch the goldshares now to be prepared for the american and toronto stockmarket opening
I only got 7 kinds of goldmineshares
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The greater the mess the more money I make
¿Lovin' it, aren't you? ;D
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The greater the mess the more money I make
¿Lovin' it, aren't you? ;D
Considering minefinders is down more then 16% I am not sure
I want to buy at 20% discount 8)
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This is my main screen
Europe is blue as well as the dollar (up)
Rest is bloody red gold included
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All that really matters in Flemish/Dutch is hoog or hoogste says I ;D
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All that really matters in Flemish/Dutch is hoog or hoogste says I ;D
There are three
Hoog Hoger Hoogst or Hoogste depending upon the context
High Higher Highest
PS and what really matters is fritten met mayonaise
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PS and what really matters is fritten met mayonaise
En vergeet niet het bier!
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I have learnt a lot snoffing around on fleaBay.nl.
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PS and what really matters is fritten met mayonaise
En vergeet niet het bier!
I am a very atypical flemish I drink wine . Beer makes me gaseous and triple trapist makes me drunk . I am used to drinking scotch :D really
Glenfiddich 12 year old and to chase it Johny Walker red ;D
I just got my minefinders at 22% discount so my working day is over on the stockmarket I now go to all the ebays .
PS I cannot help it but I was swindled three times in my life and two times it were Dutch so I do not even look at their bay ;D
I prefer germany, france, austria, belgium, uk , spain , italy in that order and I never bought in spain cause their banks give trouble some of the time asking 20 euro cost ???