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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 202119" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: red"><strong>*disclaimer* IF THE WORDS MONKIES OR VILLAGERS MAY BOTHER YOU.</strong></span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: red"><strong> OR YOU ARE A MONKEY OR A VILLAGER - CONSIDER <u>YOURSELF</u></strong> <u>WARNED.</u></span></span> </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" />Once upon a time in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and</span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">to the</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">and as</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">supply started to diminish, they became harder to catch, so the</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">villagers</span></span></span> </strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">stopped their effort.</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">The man then announced that he would now pay $20 for each one. This</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">renewed</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">But</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">soon the supply diminished even further and they were ever harder to</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">catch,</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">so people started going back to their farms and forgot about monkey</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">catching. The man increased his price to $25 each and the supply of</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">monkeys</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">became so sparse that it was an effort to even see a monkey, much</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">less catch</span></span></span> </strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">one.</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">The man now announced that he would buy monkeys for $50! However,</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">since he</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">on his</span></span></span> </strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">behalf.</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">While the man was away the assistant told the villagers. 'Look at all</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">these</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">monkeys in the big cage that the man has bought. I will sell them to</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">you at</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">$35 each and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">him</span></span></span> </strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">for $50 each.'</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">monkeys. They</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">never saw the man nor his assistant again and once again there were</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">monkeys</span></span></span> </strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">everywhere.</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works.</span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 202119, member: 4964"] [SIZE=2][COLOR=red][B]*disclaimer* IF THE WORDS MONKIES OR VILLAGERS MAY BOTHER YOU.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=blue][SIZE=2][COLOR=red][B] OR YOU ARE A MONKEY OR A VILLAGER - CONSIDER [U]YOURSELF[/U][/B] [U]WARNED.[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black]:raspberry-tounge:Once upon a time in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and[/COLOR][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]to the[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]and as[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]supply started to diminish, they became harder to catch, so the[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]villagers[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]stopped their effort. The man then announced that he would now pay $20 for each one. This[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]renewed[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]But[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]soon the supply diminished even further and they were ever harder to[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]catch,[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]so people started going back to their farms and forgot about monkey[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]catching. The man increased his price to $25 each and the supply of[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]monkeys[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]became so sparse that it was an effort to even see a monkey, much[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]less catch[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]one. The man now announced that he would buy monkeys for $50! However,[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]since he[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]on his[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]behalf. While the man was away the assistant told the villagers. 'Look at all[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]these[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]monkeys in the big cage that the man has bought. I will sell them to[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]you at[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]$35 each and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]him[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]for $50 each.' The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]monkeys. They[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]never saw the man nor his assistant again and once again there were[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]monkeys[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]everywhere. Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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