A fun email circulating trading desks, worthwhile as an informal measure of sentiment:<\/p>\n
CEO<\/strong> –Chief Embezzlement Officer.<\/p>\n CFO–<\/strong> Corporate Fraud Officer.<\/p>\n BULL MARKET<\/strong> — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.<\/p>\n BEAR MARKET<\/strong> — A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.<\/p>\n VALUE INVESTING<\/strong> — The art of buying low and selling lower.<\/p>\n P\/E RATIO<\/strong> — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.<\/p>\n BROKER<\/strong> — What my broker has made me.<\/p>\n STANDARD & POOR <\/strong>— Your life in a nutshell.<\/p>\n STOCK ANALYST<\/strong> — Idiot who just downgraded your stock.<\/p>\n STOCK SPLIT<\/strong> — When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.<\/p>\n FINANCIAL PLANNER<\/strong> — A guy whose phone has been disconnected.<\/p>\n MARKET CORRECTION<\/strong> — The day after you buy stocks.<\/p>\n CASH FLOW<\/strong> — The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.<\/p>\n YAHOO<\/strong> — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.<\/p>\n WINDOWS<\/strong> — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.<\/p>\n INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR<\/strong> — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse.<\/p>\n PROFIT<\/strong> — An archaic word no longer in use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fun email circulating trading desks, worthwhile as an informal measure of sentiment: 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 …
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