soompi forums: Stock Market Explained - soompi forums

Jump to content

  • (2 Pages)
  • +
  • 1
  • 2

Stock Market Explained

#1 User is offline   myclock 

  • Member
  • Icon
  • Group: FOS '11
  • Posts: 246
  • Joined: 11-May 08

Posted 24 October 2008 - 07:05 PM

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.


0

#2 User is offline   mAdNeSs~ 

  • Looking for Mickey...♥♥♥
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,517
  • Joined: 07-October 05

Posted 24 October 2008 - 07:19 PM

Haha.
I still don't understand the stock market since maths make me go dizzy.
~Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned!~
0

#3 User is offline   kk188 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 214
  • Joined: 15-May 08

Posted 24 October 2008 - 07:38 PM

hahaha
lol
poor villagers
CURRENTLY WATCHING "UNSTOPPABLE MARRIAGE"
------>FT ISLAND LEEJAEJIN i prefer jonghun though;
and yeahh,i know i'm late.
0

#4 User is offline   serenity8 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 288
  • Joined: 13-March 06

Posted 24 October 2008 - 07:44 PM

how extremely clever!!
so true huh
♥ Shinhwa ♥

0

#5 User is offline   SilentScreamerS 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,240
  • Joined: 11-January 08

Posted 24 October 2008 - 08:00 PM

lol. those poor villagers.
0

#6 User is offline   yellowchocolate 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 374
  • Joined: 25-February 08

Posted 25 October 2008 - 01:49 AM

o_______________O;;;;

OH SO THATS HOW THE STOCKMARKET WORKS?

wow, i never knew...
i'm surprised PETA hasnt sued all the stockmarket people...
If nothing changed there'd be no butterflies~
every moment of sadness is a moment of happiness wasted

I want to spend as much of my life possible LAUGHING xD
0

#7 User is offline   joychin89 

  • <3 <3 <3
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 4,003
  • Joined: 30-May 06

Posted 25 October 2008 - 01:58 AM

Hahaha! Is that really how stock market works? O-o. That's pretty mean


Status
0

#8 User is offline   Fropit 

  • Self-proclaimed genius
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,980
  • Joined: 26-February 07

Posted 26 October 2008 - 08:08 PM

QUOTE (yellowchocolate @ Oct 25 2008, 04:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
o_______________O;;;;

OH SO THATS HOW THE STOCKMARKET WORKS?

wow, i never knew...
i'm surprised PETA hasnt sued all the stockmarket people...



im pretty sure they dont really sell monkeys mellow.gif
0

#9 User is offline   LOLWTF 

  • Melbourne boy :3
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 505
  • Joined: 28-February 08

Posted 27 October 2008 - 02:15 AM

LOLOL so freaking smart xD
411
Facebook
0

#10 User is offline   Mr.Ry 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 11
  • Joined: 27-October 08

Posted 27 October 2008 - 02:54 AM

haha
villagers got owned in the end?
I don't know.
haha still abit confused

but funny way of explaining how the stock exchange works.
0

#11 User is offline   vienna 

  • mellow
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,184
  • Joined: 12-March 06

Posted 27 October 2008 - 05:22 AM

excellent.
now i completely understand. ahah
0

#12 User is offline   swt_blue_dragon 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 723
  • Joined: 17-February 08

Posted 27 October 2008 - 07:02 PM

I learned more from this example than from class haha
My Blog =)
我的微博
0

#13 User is offline   yahoojedi 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,898
  • Joined: 18-December 07

Posted 27 October 2008 - 07:23 PM

hahahaha poor villagers!!!
i learned pretty much more on this example. . .
even my parents' examples don't get to me. . .
Please watch, like and comment! Thank you for the effort! << Doing a favor for some friends.
0

#14 User is offline   yuiyean 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,071
  • Joined: 06-April 06

Posted 02 November 2008 - 10:52 AM

Owh...smart.

So thats what its all about eh.
0

#15 User is offline   SpiritWalk 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 88
  • Joined: 14-May 08

Posted 03 November 2008 - 11:53 PM

LOL that's pretty smart.


☆ ˚。Summer Time , Baby . { Nikishido Ryo x3 }



♪ ˚。 ___________________ ogurishun;fangirl ★
0

#16 User is offline   justiiine 

  • mysterious. debonair. criminally insane.
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 2,429
  • Joined: 12-January 08

Posted 04 November 2008 - 01:29 AM

ouch~ they got tricked
anyways, i still don't understand the stock market completely. lol
___________i need my MINSUN fix, man. {♥}

reading: ★ || ★ || ★ || ★ || ★ || ★ || ★
0

#17 User is offline   Joanne <3 

  • 거짓말.
  • Icon
  • Group: Friends of Soompi
  • Posts: 5,209
  • Joined: 10-July 06

Posted 04 November 2008 - 03:04 AM

Haha, I feel silly because I didn't understand this and had to get a friend to explain it to me. All's good, at least I get it now... laugh.gif
『♡ S H O P ♡』 || 『☆ S U R V E Y ☆』 || 『彡 S T A T U S 彡』
0

#18 User is offline   lalaleidy 

  • Member
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 1,958
  • Joined: 16-November 07

Posted 04 November 2008 - 03:48 AM

ahahhaa. that's basically the law of demand and supply. since there is no supply anymore and they have demand, they have to increase it's cost thus, increasing the price of supply and decreasing demand. haha. whatever. im talking nonsense here.
| bigbang | 2NE1| Wonder Girls | KARA | Super Junior | SNSD | DBSK | Shinee |

avatar credit: rainn @ soompi
0

#19 User is offline   selvaspeedy 

  • selva
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 2,478
  • Joined: 30-May 08

Posted 04 November 2008 - 07:29 AM

QUOTE (lalaleidy @ Nov 4 2008, 03:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ahahhaa. that's basically the law of demand and supply. since there is no supply anymore and they have demand, they have to increase it's cost thus, increasing the price of supply and decreasing demand. haha. whatever. im talking nonsense here.

I got a little bit lost too sweatingbullets.gif sweatingbullets.gif
but yeah... I get the idea blush.gif

0

#20 User is offline   repeat_on_echo 

  • Do you know what time it is?
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 3,188
  • Joined: 24-April 06

Posted 07 November 2008 - 04:33 PM

Ahahahhahahaha poor poor villagers!
"You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly,
"that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?"


LIVEJOURNAL | TUMBLR
0

Share this topic:


  • (2 Pages)
  • +
  • 1
  • 2

2 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 2 guests, 0 anonymous users