In Aesop's fable of the Golden Goose, a villager and his wife own a goose (or in some tellings, a hen) that lays one golden egg per day. The couple, convinced that the fowl is filled with a great sum of gold, kill it, only to find out that the bird was in no way different from the other birds on their farm. Motivated by greed and a desire to get rich quick, the couple cut themselves off from their greatest source of day-to-day gains. In the field of investment, the term 'golden goose' has since ...
In Aesop's fable of the Golden Goose, a villager and his wife own a goose (or in some tellings, a hen) that lays one golden egg per day. The couple, convinced that the fowl is filled with a great sum of gold, kill it, only to find out that the bird was in no way different from the other birds on their farm. Motivated by greed and a desire to get rich quick, the couple cut themselves off from their greatest source of day-to-day gains. In the field of investment, the term 'golden goose' has since ...
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