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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 none.
Momentum Investing
The fine art of buying high and selling low.
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
Poorer than you were last year.
"Buy, Buy"
A flight attendant making market recommendations as you step off the plane.
Stock Analyst
Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
Stock split
When your ex-wife and her lawyer split all your assets equally between themselves.
Financial Planner
A guy who actually remembers his wallet when he runs to the 7-11 for toilet paper and cigarettes.
Market Correction
The day after you buy stocks.
Cash Flow
The movement your money makes as it disappears down the Toilet.
Call Option
Something people used to do with a telephone in ancient times before e-mail.
Day Trader
Someone who is disloyal from 9-5.
Cisco
Sidekick of Pancho.
Yahoo
What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
Windows 2000
What you jump out of when you're the sucker that bought Yahoo for $240 per share.
Institutional Investor
Past year investor who's now locked up in a nut house.
Profit
Religious guy who talks to God.
Bill Gates
Where God goes for a loan.
Alan Greenspan
God.