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Finance Explained In 69 Easy Sketches

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Zero Hedge has always believed that one picture is worth ten bullet points, and ten thousand garbled, meandering, somnolent essays. On the other hand, take a picture, add a dose of sarcasm, and convert it into a aphoristic sketch, and the result is priceless, expressed in either fiat or gold. We presenting all you needed to know about finance explained in 69 priceless sketches that not even the Fed's infinite Mastercard debit account can buy.Via Behavior Gap (h/t Nolsgrad)

How I See Money, How You See Money

 

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Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:00 | 850130 goldmiddelfinger
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gold = unhappiness

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:05 | 850146 Sophist Economicus
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I've been buying gold for many years - I am here to give you another formula:

patience *(gold + silver) = VERY HAPPY PERSON

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:07 | 850152 goldmiddelfinger
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Ah, those purchases in 1979.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:27 | 850187 Sophist Economicus
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No, no, no.    In 1979, I was big into stocks of course.   The big Dow blue chips only, there weren't index funds.   Why, I was big into:

Esmark, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel, Eastman Kodak, GM, Inco, International Paper, John Manville and Owens Illinois Glass.    I still have the shares too!    My John Manville wraps the gold - keeps out the moisture.   My Bethlehem Steel keeps the tarnish off the silver and my REALLY REALLY valuable Chrysler shares wipe the tears from my face when I laugh my ass off at your inane posts!!!

 

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:38 | 850440 Madcow
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touche -

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:36 | 850411 DaveyJones
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(precious   (metal)   heavy)

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:20 | 850623 Kina
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That middlefinger looking mighty brown

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:30 | 850673 mark mchugh
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Fun fact, Douchebag:

The average price of gold in 1979 was $304, so what's your point?

I get it, you don't have one.  Keep on blathering!

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:35 | 850555 gangland
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pay go replaced by cut go? fooking gimmick circus. please, some one shoot me in the back of the head. i have some lefty tendencies but i keep calling pelosi's office and ask" how many of the 6 for ohh6 did u get done?" seriously. hang up.  leave a message, thanks for calling asshole! OF COURSE IT FAILED. 

 

 

...the typist in black on the floor, is so freaking hot...jussayin.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:14 | 850163 goldmiddelfinger
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A blank black screen? Thanks man

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:41 | 850233 BobPaulson
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Thanks, that was a good final Venn diagram.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:32 | 850203 saulysw
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goldmiddelfinger = Johnny "Jizzpants" Bravo

 

(Who promised never to return once gold hit $1400)

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 20:09 | 851014 Clint Liquor
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Gold equals unhappiness if you don't have any.

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 04:12 | 851825 strannick
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?? Gold=Unhappiness??

Cause riches cause misery??

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:03 | 850139 the not so migh...
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The Buy High , Sell low strategy was repeated.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:05 | 850143 goldmiddelfinger
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That was necessary to achieve the total count of 69

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:32 | 850206 malikai
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Perhaps it was a lesson learned many times.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:10 | 850154 hedgeless_horseman
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Which one(s) explains PCLN's PE of 46?

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:03 | 850304 SheepDog-One
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Greater fool theory in play today like a mofo.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:11 | 850156 ZeroPower
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LOL "She says->I hear $" is a CLASSIC!

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:47 | 850486 saulysw
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Yep, happens to me quite a bit....

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:12 | 850159 DonnieD
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I can't believe somebody came up with 69 of those things.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:31 | 850200 buzzsaw99
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+1

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:32 | 850205 SheepDog-One
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Had a lot of time on his hands waiting to buy da dip.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:41 | 850226 Cognitive Dissonance
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If you can't believe that then click on each one because there's a short article below all 69.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:12 | 850160 Helvidius
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69 - it's a magic number!

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:21 | 850174 the grateful un...
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the intersection of "haven't a clue about the technicals, the fundamentals, or the business model" and "figuring out what everyone else is buying before they buy it" = "priceless"

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:24 | 850182 Bastiat
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How much to save when real rate of return is negative?

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:25 | 850183 Manny
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Whenver i read 69 and sketches in the same sentence i expect something different!

Nice sketches though.

 

 

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:39 | 850219 Cheesy Bastard
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Just scroll down fast, squint, and use your imagination.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:30 | 850190 Bastiat
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Venn diagram:  A, fixed income;  B, Bernanke;  Intersect caption: "Squeal like a pig."

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:32 | 850196 williambanzai7
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Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:31 | 850202 goldmiddelfinger
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gold chart

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:58 | 850290 Commander Cody
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WTF!

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:31 | 850197 SheepDog-One
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Dang, that last sketch is HarryWanger!

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:36 | 850212 Cheesy Bastard
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Wanger is gonna have a lot more time to comment here, now that he's leaving his job as white house press secretary.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:56 | 850278 goldmiddelfinger
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Hilarious

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:35 | 850207 carbonmutant
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Great Collection. I'm stealing a few.

http://www.behaviorgap.com/sketch/emotional-attachment/

 

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:36 | 850217 lsbumblebee
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Looks like Art Laffer's tablecloth.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:38 | 850220 Meatier Shower
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It's appropriate that most of those sketches look like assholes and armpits.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 16:48 | 850249 Mercury
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Do you have a graph with 'Hope' on the y axis and 'Change' on the x axis?

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:11 | 850325 Andrew Ryan
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I smell an inverse correlation around here.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:05 | 850311 Andrew Ryan
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Government = Meddling

Business = Paycheck

Government < Business = Success

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:04 | 850312 aheady
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:51 | 850507 e_u_r_o
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rofl

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:08 | 850318 gwar5
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World Bank is issuing Chinese Yuan bonds, expanding international convertibility

China accelerating aircraft carriers, stealth fighters, and nuke talk.

Looks like the Chinese are really going to want their money after all

 

Let's offshore the Federal Reserve to raise their own army so we don't become collateral damage

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 20:02 | 850994 Hephasteus
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No worries. Geihtner does 10 minutes a day of pointing a glock at a mirror and saying are you talking to me. Are you TALKING to me. Are you giving me LIP. Is that LIP I'm getting?

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:14 | 850336 Bastiat
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What happened to "Buy the Fucking Dip?"

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:23 | 850367 Kilgore Trout
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A little jarring -I thought- that many of these graphs seem to have the independent variable on the y axis.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:51 | 850496 RobotTrader
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Retail, consumer, and tech stock investors are smiling right now.

Gold stock owning gloom and doomers are mired in frustration and disbelief.

Eventually, some of these guys are going to throw in the towel.  I could smell a little of it today.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:54 | 850516 tmosley
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That was the smell of your dirty diaper, actually.  Might want to get your mommy to change you before you get a rash.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:04 | 850565 buzzsaw99
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:26 | 850645 Kina
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Gold would have to drop another $300 before I feel dissapointed, but if that happens most likely the AUD down down and that means I probably end up ahead AUD-wise in anycase.

 

This gold is pretty good insurance.

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 20:05 | 851002 Hephasteus
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No worries the disbelief is working.

When you know how the psyche works. It's easy to figure out what happens next.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOAmAHhvMA&feature=related

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 17:54 | 850524 steveo
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Great Graphics!

Frog Boil  it's whats for dinner..........

If I was good at drawing I would turn this into a picture

Steep ramp, then frog boil.  

Frog Boil Commentary from Sep 1, 2010
http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/2010/09/frog-boil-tasty-if-you-catch-it-at.html

 

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:18 | 850615 Kina
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(gold + silver)/millenia = supreme safety

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:24 | 850638 Fat Ass
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STOP PRESS -- Achewood does Zerohedge

 

http://achewood.com/

 

(if you don't understand and don't know about Achewood -- move along.)

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:33 | 850681 Encroaching Darkness
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Many thanks, I am sending a "subscribe" link to each of my children, who may actually learn some economics, investing and human nature from these sketches.

(I signed up too).

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 22:39 | 851369 HungrySeagull
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Mirrior:

 

The Market is more expensive than it appears.

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 06:27 | 851877 j0sh1130
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the behavior gap killed it on this one!!

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