October 19, 2008

 

 

 

Auditor's one line report on Lehman Brothers’ Balance Sheet:  
 
"There are two sides to a Balance Sheet. – the Left & the Right (Liabilities and Assets respectively) on the Left side there is nothing right… and on the right side there is nothing left "

 

NEW STOCK MARKET TERMS


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 jewelry, 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have half an hour to read a two week old analysis of the Housing situation, this one is not bad:

A Solution that Works

http://choosethinking.com/

 

 

 

Subject: FW: PUT YOUR CAR KEYS BESIDE YOUR BED AT NIGHT

It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires
> >> no
> >> installation.
> >>

 

 

click
 

'Jacquie Lawson'
Just click on the name above...and when it opens, click on one Ink Bottle and watch what happens!
 

 

 

Following up on Jackie's Butterflies, here are ours:

 

 

 

Anne at Grace Elizabeth's christening

 

 

Anita and Andrew prepare for the upcoming colder weather.

 

 

 

Pete

(Photoed and uploaded to Google for speaking out on NPR radio.)

 

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