I AM LOOKING FOR A HUSBAND WHO EARNS A MILLIONAIRE SALARY.

An advertisement published in a Financial Portal of a US newspaper (and believe it or not, it is true).

Investment analysis: A woman wrote in asking for advice on how to get a rich husband. That in itself, is already funny, but the best part of the story is that a guy gave her a well-founded answer in terms of investing.

SHE:
"I am a beautiful (I would say very beautiful) 25 year old girl, well educated
and I have class. I want to marry someone who earns at least half a million dollars a year.

Do you have any men on this website who earn $500,000 or more? Maybe the wives of those who earn that can give me some advice.

I've dated men who make 200-250k, but I can't go above that, and 250k isn't going to make me live on Central Park West. I know a woman, from my yoga class, who married a banker and lives in Tribeca, and she's not as pretty as me, nor is she smart. So what did she do that I didn't do, and how can I get to her level?
Rafaela S."

HIM:
"I read your query with great interest, thought carefully about your case and made an analysis of the situation. First of all, I am not wasting your time, as I earn more than 500,000 per year. That being said, I consider the facts as follows:

What you are offering, seen from the perspective of a man like the one you are looking for, is simply a lousy deal. Here's why: Putting aside all the beating around the bush, what you are proposing is a simple business deal: You provide the physical beauty and I'll provide the money.

Clear proposal, no loopholes. However, there is a problem. Your beauty will surely decline, and one day it will end, and most likely my money will continue to grow. So, in economic terms, you are a depreciating asset and I am a dividend-yielding asset.
am a dividend-yielding asset.

Not only do you suffer depreciation, but because depreciation is progressive, it is always increasing,

To make it clearer, you are 25 years old today and you will continue to be beautiful for the next 5 to 10 years; but always a little less each year, and suddenly, if you compare yourself with a photo of today, you will see that you will already be old in a few years.
This means that you are now in the 'up', in the ideal time to be sold, not bought.

sold, not bought. To use Wall Street parlance, whoever owns it today should have it in a 'trading position', not a 'buy and hold' position. hold', which is what you are offering for….

So, still in commercial terms, marrying (which is a buy and hold) with you is not a good deal in the medium to long term, but renting it may be in commercial terms a reasonable deal that you and I can think about and discuss. I think that by certification of how 'shapely, classy and wonderfully pretty' she is, I, the likely future lessee of that 'machine', want what is standard practice:
A test drive… in order to finalise the transaction.

In short: as buying it is a bad deal, due to its increasing devaluation, I propose to rent it for as long as the equipment is in good condition and in good use. Waiting to hear from you, I bid you a cordial farewell.

A MILLIONAIRE, WHICH IS WHY I AM ONE.

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