Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Farmer and The Calf: An Investment Story

Courtesy : The Unknown Author


This story is about a farmer who received a calf from a rich man. Hopeful that the calf will be able to help him have a better life, the farmer did his best to take care of it. But as the calf grew, so did the farmer’s expenses.One day, he said to himself, “I don’t want to wait anymore for this calf to become an ox. I’ll just sell it and buy several sheep which are easier and much cheaper to take care of.”And so he did just that.After several months, he realized that breeding sheep were not as easy as he thought. And so he said to himself, “It takes too long for these sheep to give birth. I better just sell them and buy myself several hens which can lay eggs for me everyday.”And so he did just that.The plan worked very well, he was earning good from selling all the eggs. Life improved for the farmer. But after several months, the hens started to lay less and less eggs until one day, the hens couldn’t produce anymore.The farmer was devastated. In his anger, he cooked all the hens and had himself a feast.Later that week, he remembered the single calf that started it all and realized that after all his hard work, nothing had changed in his life.




8 comments :

  1. Sir,
    Can u suggest me if i can hold PTC bought arnd 77.

    thank you

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  2. Hi Value pick
    Very nice story and very relevant in present day market conditions.
    aravindpc

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  3. hI

    hOW ARE YOU SIR,

    I LIKE HAVE YOUR OPINION ON aRIES AGRO WHICH IS TRADING BELOW 80 Rs/- I INVESTED IN THIS NEAR 114/- . I WOULD LIKE TO AVERAGE IT OUT AT CURRENT MARKET. iS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY OR SHOULD I HOLD.

    rEGRDS

    vISHNU

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  4. Thank U for sharing such a wonderful investment story which reflects mentality of 90% of the investors in the market including me. - Rajesh Shah

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  5. What is the moral of this story? Are you saying, after all these struggle in stock market, the effort will be useless? :-(

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  6. Excellent .Simple story with huge meaning.

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  7. dear vp,
    your comment on pioneer distillaries is requested.
    siva kumar

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  8. Dear Siva Kumar

    Not tracking Pioneer Dist

    ReplyDelete

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