Market Poetry

By Shane X

If you wanna have mojo
You need cash flow
(Be heavy on the money comin’ in)

You won’t get nowhere
Without cash dear
(Gotta be heavy on the money comin’ in)

Net income can’t be spent
You’ll wonder where it went
If there ain’t no cash behind you’ll be fasting all through Lent

So listen up now for a word from the wise
It’s cash flow - not profit - that can be used for buys
It’s the cash that we call nicety-nice
If you want to find net income, you’ll have to roll the dice
But cash flow baby you can hold in you hand
Just like my honey who’s curvy and tanned

If you wanna have mojo
You need cash flow
(Be heavy on the money comin’ in)

Shane X is contemplating launching his world tour after earnings season.

By S. Aziz

The Risk Man sees differently
The destination he knows not
But the avenues and their likelihood
Flow through his veins

Complexity and doubt
Reduced!
To a distribution curve

Choices but mere numbers for Risk Man
Consequences irrelevant
So long as the avenue matches the desires

Borrow his glasses I do not
For they are spectacles of permanence
And while stocks trade on a market
Life does not

Dr. Aziz is an electrical engineer in Oregon.

By S. Aziz

Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell
Delicious!
Wash it down with an A&W.

A low price-to-earnings ratio
And a high return-on-equity
Delicious too!

With patience I have watched your sales grow
And with appreciation I have collected the yield you pay

Your operating cash flow sizzles,
like a KFC cajun wing
And your free cash flow delights,
like a fresh pie from the Hut.

I hold you tightly in my portfolio
And I visit your joints with exclusivity

Yum Brands, you are, the most delicious of stocks

Dr. Aziz is an electrical engineer in Oregon.