some terms redefined during the gfc

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    Hope this hasn't been posted before?

    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 jewellery, 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 used.
 
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