| A man calls his stockbroker all anxious and out of
breath with this urgency in his voice. He says, "Sell it all, sell everything fast,
right away." The stockbroker tries to explain
that the market is cyclical in nature and that for long term outlook stocks still remain
the place to be.
The man says, "Let me tell you a secret. You know
I've been married for 6 years now and I've been your client for 5 years."
"Yes, go on," the stockbroker says.
"Well. My wife has this thing about the market. Her
grandparents lost it all in the great crash and ever since then her family found investing
in the market akin to original sin. When we got married I promised her that I would follow
in her parents footsteps and never venture in the stock market and always leave all our
money under the mattress."
"Wow, I didn't know that. I guess you want the money
because the market is going down, in case she asks for it."
"No, I want the money because she ordered a new
mattress and it is being delivered in two days." |
