A guide to understanding all those confusing investor terms we keep hearing
- CEO: Chief Embezzlement Officer
- CFO: Corporate Fraud Officer
- BULL MARKET: A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius
- BEAR MARKET: A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewellery, and the husband gets no sex
- VALUE INVESTING: The art 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
- STANDARD & POOR: Your 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 whose phone has been disconnected
- MARKET CORRECTION: The day after you buy stocks
- CASH FLOW: The movement your money makes as it disappears down from your bank account
- INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR: Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse
- PROFIT: An archaic word no longer in use

