Tuesday 29 November 2011

Practical Definitions

1. Bozone (n.) The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

2. Cashtration (n.) The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

3. Sarchasm (n) The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

4. Dopeler effect (n) The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

5. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

Financial Definitions

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 in use.

Seen on the streets

Bankers

From early 2008 - but they aint learnt anything
Is this too long fer a Yankee span of attention?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBcmqwTV9s&feature=related

Euro crisis and bailout

Euro debt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyePCRkq620&feature=player_embedded

Euro Bailout
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12611732/the-european-bailout-explained