Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 15th October 2001

Dilbert//4566, first published 25 years ago on Monday 15th October 2001

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stock market expert buy stocks fundamentals go on tv

Official transcript

Dilbert is sitting at his computer. Dogbert is standing on his desk. Dogbert says, "I'd be a good stock market expert."

Dogbert continues, "I'd buy stocks and then go on TV and recommend them so they go up."

Dilbert asks, "What about the fundamentals?"

Dogbert replies, "It doesn't get more fundamental than that!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'D BE A GOOD STOCK MARKET EXPERT.

I'D BUY STOCKS AND THEN GO ON TV AND RECOMMEND THEM SO THEY GO UP.

WHAT ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS?

IT DOESN'T GET MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN THAT!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Fundamentals of Investing"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled office worker, sitting at his desk with a computer and a speech bubble. He is accompanied by a small, ghostly figure representing Dogbert, his boss.

• Dilbert claims to be a good stock market expert.
• He recommends buying stocks and going on TV to promote them, so they go up.
• Dogbert asks about the fundamentals of the stock, to which Dilbert replies that it doesn't get more fundamental than that.

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of Dilbert's approach to investing, which is based on superficial factors rather than actual financial analysis. The punchline relies on the unexpected twist of Dilbert's response, which is both ridiculous and amusing.

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