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.
BROKER — What my broker has made me.
CEO –Chief Embezzlement Officer.
CFO– Corporate Fraud Officer.
CASH FLOW– The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
EBITDA: earnings before I tricked the dumb auditor.
EBIT: earnings before irregularities and tampering.
EPS: eventual prison sentence.
FINANCIAL PLANNER — A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse.
MOMENTUM INVESTING — the fine art of buying high and selling low.
MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks.
P/E RATIO — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
PROFIT — An archaic word no longer in use.?
STANDARD & POOR — Your life in a nutshell.
STOCK ANALYST — Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
STOCK SPLIT — when your former wife and her lawyer split all your assets equally between themselves.
VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower.
WINDOWS — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.
YAHOO — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.