Список проголосовавших за комментарий "Активный Инвестор, <p>People ask lots of questions about the New York Stock Exchange. Here are specimens—with the answers:<br/> Is it difficult to become a member of a Stock Ex- change firm?<br/> All doors swing inward in Wall Street to the man with money.<br/> What are the requisites for membership?<br/> A good disposition, one or two rich relatives, prefer- ably a father-in-law, although a rich wife will do.<br/> What are the advantages of a Stock Exchange mem- bership? :<br/> The tax assessor will welcome you and immediately rate you worth, $100,000 to $500,000 and tax you ac- cordingly.<br/> What are the qualifications?<br/> A membership in several clubs, a knowledge of poker and an indifference to philosophy. You should belong to a golf club, for it is proper form to talk golf on. the Stock Exchange and stocks on the golf links.<br/> Open Sesame!<br/> What is the initiation?<br/> As the Stock Exchange .issa private club, members are not permitted to disclose its secrets. It is under- stood that you will be allowed to ride your hobby, but the older members will certainly try to get your goat.<br/> What is a “front office man?”<br/> A poor fish who offers bait to the suckers.<br/> He is all things to all men.<br/> Between ten and eleven he has plausable reasons why you should buy. Having committed yourself, he will later argue with smooth diplomacy why you should sell before three o’clock. His motto is “Your eighths pay for our quarters.”<br/> How does the specialist execute an order?<br/> By climbing a step ladder to buy, and by getting down to the bottom when he sells.<br/> What is the anti-tippling rule?<br/> There is no rule against tippling. You probably refer to the regulation against tipping. The governors have recently decided that all “tips” picked up on the floor should be handed to employers, but that no monetary tips should be turned over to any employee.<br/> The Eternal Questions<br/> What is a short sale? .<br/> Riding for a fall.<br/> Are there no good books issued on speculation?<br/> Yes, most of them are no good.<br/> What is the difference between the head of a firm and a junior partner?<br/> Anywhere from a hundred thousand dollars to a million</p>"