I’m not sure who the original author is, but this joke is floating around the internet. If you invested in the companies below you may not find this amusing, but I thought it was funny. Although a joke, it is a great reminder of the importance of diversifying your portfolio. I’m curious if the numbers are at all accurate.

 “Retirement Plan Investment Tip”

 ·         If you had purchased $1000.00 of AIG stock one year ago, it would now be worth $56.91.

 ·         With Washington Mutual, you would have $120.36 left of the original $1000.

 ·         With 'Fannie Mae'(FNM), you would have $11.34 left.

 ·         If you had purchased $1000.00 of Lehman Bros one year ago it would now be almost
worthless; less than $0.86.

 ·         If you had purchased RH Donelley, you would have $45.69 left.

But, if you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in
the cans for the aluminum recycling refund you would have $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

This is called the 401-Keg Plan