Message-ID: <5126201.1075854390101.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 03:44:00 -0700 (PDT) From: bwallace@zahrsecurities.com To: brollman@protrader.com, bmcmackin@yahoo.com, sheri.thomas@enron.com Subject: : The Top 25 Things You Don't Want to Hear Your Stock Broker Say Cc: alexhsu@zahrsecurities.com, fallen@zahrsecurities.com, darron.c.giron@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: alexhsu@zahrsecurities.com, fallen@zahrsecurities.com, darron.c.giron@enron.com X-From: "Brent Wallace" X-To: "Ben Rollman \(E-mail\)" , "Bill McMackin \(E-mail\)" , "Sheri. Thomas \(E-mail\)" X-cc: , , X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darron_Giron_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Giron-D X-FileName: dgiron.nsf > The Top 25 Things You Don't Want to Hear Your Stock Broker Say > > 25> "Allow me to illustrate: Suppose this ceramic coffee mug here > represents your high tech portfolio and this cast iron paperweight > represents the current economic trends..." > 24> "No, I don't mean it's time to sell eBay, I mean it's time to sell > everything you own *on* eBay." > 23> "Oops, I had these charts upside down. Dammit." > 22> "Can I call you right back? I've got my bankruptcy attorney holding > on > the other line." > 21> "Please don't hang up-I'm only allowed one call..."> > 20> "First, the good news: you won't have any problems with capital gains > taxes this year..." > 19> "I recommend rolling your last $100 into a blanket, a shopping cart, > and > a case of Night Train." > 18> "Your position in the market? Bent over, grabbing your ankles." > 17> "I can't talk long-I'm on my cell phone and the pavement is coming > up *really* fast now..." > 16> "So then I said, 'What the hell is a margin call?'" > 15) "Can I borrow fifty bucks? Seriously." > 14) "Day trading's for chumps. *Minute* trading is where the real money > is." > 13) "Given what's happened to your portfolio, I estimate you'll be able > to retire 5-10 years after your death." > 12) "I assure you, no one -- *no one* -- has a higher priority with me > than > you, Mr. ... Mr. ..."> > 11) "Remember how I said Yahoo was 'unstoppable'? Apparently it works in > both directions." > 10) "Remember, we're in it for the long run... 80 years from now, we'll > look > back and laugh." > 9) "Can I crash on your couch for a few weeks?" > 8) "Do you know the difference between a PE ratio and a dividend ratio? > No, really-I need to know." > 7) "Dude! The market's in an *awesome* downward spiral, and we're all > > like all... Hey! Fritos!" > 6) "Good news! We can cross 'retirement' off your list of goals. That's > one > less thing to worry about!" > 5) "Remember when I said that you can't lose more in the stock market > than you put in? Okay, never mind that." > 4) "Sure Proctor & Gamble is a good investment, but wouldn't you rather > own > your *own* soap business? I can help." > 3) "You'd be worth more if you actually owned *a* red hat instead of > shares *in* Red Hat." > 2) "You'll have to speak up! It's very windy on this ledge!"> > and the Number 1 Thing You Don't Wanna Hear Your Stock Broker Say... > 1) "Sure it was diversified-we had dot-coms from all OVER the place!" > > >