When the Farmer’s Almanac says ducks, you invest in ducks.Two...

When the Farmer’s Almanac says ducks, you invest in ducks.

Two farmers are watching the sunset while standing beside their tractors having a chat. The first says, “I keep hearing on the radio, TV and read in the papers about the stock market, but I still have no idea what it is. Do you know?”

The second farmer replies, “How should I explain this to you… Let’s say you buy some eggs for your farm. These eggs hatch and now you have chicks. These chicks grow up to be hens that lay more eggs, out of which you get more chicks that grow up to be hens and so on and so forth. Eventually, your farm is full of them. Then, one day a big flood ravages your land and takes all of them downstream. Then you sit and think to yourself: ducks… I should have gotten ducks. That’s what the stock market is like.”