to this you can add that AAA means Audited by Arthur Anderson
________________________________ From: S Chander <[email protected]> To: thatha_patty <[email protected]>; thatha patty <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 19 October, 2009 3:16:47 PM Subject: Investment Vocabulary INVESTMENT VOCABULARY FOR SMART INVESTOR EBITDA : Earnings Before I Tricked Damned Auditor EBIT : Earnings Before Irregularities & Tampering CEO : Chief Embezzlement Officer CFO : Corporate Fraud Officer NAV : Normal Anderson Valuation FRS : Fantasy Reporting Standards P/E : Parole Entitlement EPS : Eventual Prison Sentence Bull Market : A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. Bear Market : A 6-18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. Momentum Investing : The fine art of buying high and selling low. Value Investing : The are of buying low and selling lower. P/E Ratio : The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. Broker : What my broker has made me. "BUY-BUY" : A flight attendant making market recommendations as you step off the airplane. Standard & Poor : My life in a nutshell. Stock Analyst : Idiot who just downgraded your stock. Stock Split : When your ex-wife and her lawyer split 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. Yahoo : What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240. per share. Windows 7 : What you jump out of when you're the sucker that bought Yahoo at $240./share. Institutional Investor : Past year investor who's now locked up in a nut house. Profit : Religious guy who talks to G-d. From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
