A Little Friday File Fun (10/16)

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say that a picture is worth a thousand words...

Well, here’s a couple of thousand…

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OK, you know how sometimes you dive and you don't hit the water just right, and it hurts? Well, here's one that hurts BEFORE you get to the water…

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And here's one that hurts because you don't get TO the water…

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And here's one that hurts because there isn't enough water…

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The New York Stock Exchange began in May 17th, 1792 when 24 stock brokers and merchants signed the Buttonwood Agreement, an agreement which drew its name from the buttonwood tree under which it was signed.

What is the more common name for the buttonwood tree?

Answer:

The buttonwood tree was simply the local name for the sycamore tree .

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