'Once upon a time,in a village,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,the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at $20 for a monkey. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.

Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each,and the supply of monkeys became so small that it was an effort to even find a monkey,let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However,since he had to go to the city on some business,his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.

In the absence of the man,the assistant told the villagers. 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35,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 nor his assistant again,only monkeys everywhere!
Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works.'

When written in Chinese,the word crisis is composed of two
characters. One represents danger and the other represents
opportunity.

Thanks brother for saving my words. Now I can comfortably explain to my little boy who keeps on asking me that question. What about global financial crisis? Pls simplify it for us! You made my morning!

A fool and his money are soon a big party

Mr. Green very good example

which soda do u take ?

Mr. Green,Is not that rather allegorical? Point taken. Thank you.

RUCHWARSTEVE -super surfing

@Green: Assume the man had bought 1000 monkies by the time he went to the city.

500 @ 10 ($5000); 300 @ 20 ($6000),and 200 @ 25 ($5000). By the time he migrated to city,he had spent $16000). His agent sold the whole stock @35 making $35000,hence making a margin of $19000. the vilagers anticipated to sell @50 and make a margin of $15000,but the man never came back. Are you saying,the stcck market is pure con-game?


Happiness is not a right - except for children. You won't be happy if you think too much. The search of happiness is one cause os sorrow.

Very good analytical skills....


'Until the lions have their historians,tales of hunting will always depict the hunter as a brave man.'

@underweight


> It is August.
> In a small town on the South Coast of France,holiday
> season is in full
> swing,but it is raining so there is not too much
> business happening.
> Everyone is heavily in debt.
>
>
>
> Luckily,a rich Russian tourist arrives in the foyer of
> the small local
> hotel. He asks for a room and puts a Euro100 note on the
> reception counter,
> takes a key and goes to inspect
> the room located up the stairs on the third
> floor.
>
> The hotel owner takes the banknote in hurry and rushes to
> his meat supplier
> to whom he owes E100.
>
> The butcher takes the money and races to his supplier to
> pay his debt.
>
> The wholesaler rushes to the farmer to pay E100 for pigs
> he purchased some
> time ago.
>
> The farmer triumphantly gives the E100 note to a local
> prostitute who gave
> him her services on credit.
>
> The prostitute goes quickly to the hotel,as she owed the
> hotel for her
> hourly room use to entertain clients.
>
> At that moment,the rich Russian is coming down to
> reception and informs the
> hotel owner that the proposed room is unsatisfactory and
> takes his E100 back
> and departs.
>
>
>
> There was no profit or income. But everyone no longer has
> any debt and the
> small town people look optimistically towards their
> future.
>
>
>
> COULD THIS BE THE SOLUTION TO THE Global Financial
> Crisis? Or,is there a
>
> catch here?

@XY

Believe the pro still owes the hotel ama ? Looks like she has been *****d again !!

Mtaalam,you are right. We can have the simonkabz 'Cool dem nerves' posts all over again and many will be non the wiser. Welcome all,though,and thank you for bringing the old man's feeling to me so early.

2 June 2009



AK got bought out at 14.
Safcom is at 10+
Uchumi is back on track & now at 20.
Perhaps they weren't the monkeys we thought they were!