Investment

(Discussion between a stock broker and his client.)

“Gentleman, I must say the situation is grim,” the broker began, “You've put your money on Neptune Opportunity, and, my goodness, the price crashed by 95% this morning.”

The client, a middle age physician, remained expressionless. Contrary to the common belief, he was barely literate, and could not comprehend any logical argument of more than twenty words. He had no idea what's the difference between, say, PE and PB ratios, or what kind of company Neptune Opportunity actually was – all he remembered was he was advised by the man sitting opposite to him to buy a stock with the code #9413.

Oh, there’s one thing he knew: He had lost money. Big money he earned by sweat and blood.

After another five minutes of dead silence, the doctor said, “It must be something you’ve done wrong, or information you've hide from me. It's a negligence or your side, or I should call it malpractice.”

"No," the stock broker remained calm and content, "This is not malpractice. This is maloccurrence."