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Once upon a time in a village in India, a manannounced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.( T( G/ D6 \8 c. m* `
The man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts.The man further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
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Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!' K. U/ D9 E3 A8 E) `* c
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The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf.
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, }# l" b! B! b% EIn the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at$35 and when he returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50.'
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1 H" @+ ~' ^$ ~( B% wThe villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.
- z& d/ I Z/ W' g: H5 N+ XThen they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeyseverywhere! Welcome to WALL STREET. |
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