📢 Two investors are walking down the street when they see a pile of poop on the road. One says to the other:
— I bet I can make you eat that for a million dollars?
The second one thinks:
— Alright, I agree!
He eats it. The first one gives him a million.
They continue walking and after a while see another pile of poop. Now the second one says:
— I bet I can make you eat that for a million dollars?
The first one, hesitating a bit:
— Well, okay, deal!
He eats it. The second one gives him a million.
They walk on, both pondering. Finally, one turns to the other and says:
— Hey, doesn't it seem to you that we just ate a pile of poop completely for free?
The moral of the joke: Sometimes investors get so caught up in the process of making deals and "profitable" exchanges that they forget about the true value and real benefit of their actions. As a result, despite all the operations, they may end up with nothing but an unpleasant "aftertaste," while only the intermediaries or those who observed their "deals" made a profit.
