Beer and Investing

by Tom Markiewicz on November 24, 2008

I normally don’t post jokes, but my sister sent me this and I thought it was quite appropriate for the times.

If you had purchased $1,000 of AIG stock one year ago…you would have $42 left. Lehman Bros… $6.60 left… Fannie or Freddie… You would have less then $5 left. BUT, If you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 left. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It’s called the 401-Keg plan.

I’m not sure of the source, but you have to admit it’s funny!

 

  • It's funny cause it's true. Also if you choose beer instead of stock you might become an alcoholic COMPLETELY FOR FREE! That sounds like a great deal!
  • You seriously can get 20% of the value of the beer back just by recycling cans? That's surprisingly high.
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  • I must admit I smiled. Sounds like a sound plan to me... =)
    Cheers!
    Rachel
  • If only I drank beer!
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