If you had purchased $1,000 worth of Delta Airlines stock one year ago, you would have $49.00 today.
If you had purchased $1,000 worth of AIG stock one year ago, you would have $33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 worth of Lehman Brothers stock one year ago, you would have $0.00 today.

But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for a recycling refund, you would have received $214.00! Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg Plan.
A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon! Makes you proud to be an American!