Investors Say The Darndest Things

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"I will wait until the stock splits." 
  • Translation: Four quarters, not ten dimes, are better than a dollar and you can forget about trying to give me two half dollars for the twenty nickels!
"It’s only a paper loss." 
  • Translation: You’ll take my NSF check won’t you?
"I do not want to own stocks or bonds, just mutual funds." 
  • Translation: No sir, no gin and vermouth in a tall-stem glass with a twist for me, I’ll just have a martini.
"I leave everything up to my advisor." 
  • Translation: My teenage children balance my checkbook.
"The price will come back up." 
  • Translation: Elvis has not left the building.
"My broker is with a big, well-known company." 
  • Translation: Al Capone was with a big, well-known company.
"My advisor seems so friendly and understanding." 
  • Translation: "What beautiful teeth you have my dear," said the wolf to Little Red Ridinghood.
"Wall Street analysts are predicting the market will go up and then down." 
  • Translation: The weatherman says there will be a sunrise and a sunset.
"My advisor seemed to make so much sense."
  • Translation: My psychiatrist said the lapse was a relapse, simple.