WSO Caption Contest - April 9th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt

You guys know the drill, all you have to do is leave a comment in this post with a caption you think is most fitting for the cartoon posted below. The winner will be determined by the community based on the number of Silver Bananas awarded to each comment. In the event of a tie, the admins of the site will decide the winner or send out multiple free shirts if we can't decide. Wall Street jokes welcomed and encouraged!

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Rules: caption must be posted before 11:59pm ET this Friday the 11th, winner will be announced this weekend

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"You know, before Lumina moved in, this used to be a quiant neighborhood crack house."

"My caddie's chauffeur informs me that a bank is a place where people put money that isn't properly invested."
 

RIP another victim of Kevin Roose

"I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
 

Lumina Investments is outsourcing to Detroit.

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New Company Slogan: We Invest Your Money, Not Ours.

Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
 

The "founders" have already delivered the BEST caption for this, seriously...

“Steve Jobs started Apple in his garage, and we've moved up to an office."

Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
 

At Lumina, we've created a new headquarters, errr ummm....PORTFOLIO for our clients that specializes in undervalued Detroit real estate.

"Decide what to be and go be it." - The Avett Brothers
 

On an aside, I really hope that anyone approached by them to invest will at least do a Google search and stumble upon the numerous WSO posts in regards to their "experience"...

"Decide what to be and go be it." - The Avett Brothers
 
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On an aside, I really hope that anyone approached by them to invest will at least do a Google search and stumble upon the numerous WSO posts in regards to their "experience"...

In all fairness, what 21 year old college senior DIDN'T think they knew everything about the market and wanted to start their own hedge fund? Their main problem was that nobody around them told them any better, and in fact made the problem worse by encouraging them.

 

Should we call it the "American Idol Effect"? Don't know how bad you are until you removed the earphones? There's been a lot of people in this world that could've used a hard dose of reality from self-assessment, and input from family and friends.

"Decide what to be and go be it." - The Avett Brothers
 

I am a representative from Fairfield Greenwich contacting Mr. Elliot Carol about investing some of our clients money... We'll have all of the meetings in OUR offices. (Gotta maintain plausible deniability...)

"Decide what to be and go be it." - The Avett Brothers
 

Here is a link to the website for the building that they are registered in (at least by way of their SEC filings). Not sure how much space they have, but they're getting money from somewhere. Charlotte commercial real estate doesn't come cheap. http://transamericasquare.info/

"Decide what to be and go be it." - The Avett Brothers
 

Could someone please shed some light on the reason we decided to move to Flint? Get it? Because light and lumi- nevermind.

We spend a lot of time making the unimportant measurable while the important remains immeasurable
 

My last caption, "We would like to request that any potential candidates bring their own dartboard and/or stock-picking chimpanzee."

"Decide what to be and go be it." - The Avett Brothers
 

"Lumina Investments... More like Animul Investments..." Get it... Lumina spelled backwards. lol.. God I want to go home, this work day is not ending fast enough.

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This has been an exceptional year for us hear at Lumina Investments. Our long Beanie Babies position has yielded returns above our initial target price and due to the large influx of capital attributable to said performance, we are expanding our team in order to assist in our coverage expansion into baseball cards and Star Wars collectibles.

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