6-Pack Of Beer – Good Investment?

Chuck Rylant — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:26:02 +0000

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

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6-Pack Of Beer – Good Investment?