📢 Two investors are sitting in a bar. One, dressed in a trendy suit, with a laptop and charts, is saying:
— I just bought shares of this new IT company, they have innovations, breakthrough technologies! The growth potential is out of this world!
The second one, disheveled, in an old sweater, takes a sip of beer and says:
— Well, I bought an abandoned shed on the outskirts.
The first one looks at him in bewilderment:
— A shed? What’s the point of that? No dividends, no capitalization!
The second one smirks:
— But when all your innovative companies go bust, I’ll have somewhere to store potatoes. And potatoes, my friend, are always worth something.
The meaning of the joke:
This joke highlights the difference between high-risk but potentially high-return investments (new technologies, startups) and more conservative but reliable investments (real estate, basic assets). It ironically suggests that sometimes the "good old" and understandable asset can prove to be more stable and valuable in the long run, especially in unstable times.
