Retirement Plan Investment Tip > > If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. > > With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1000. > > > With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left. > > If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left. > > > If you had purchased United Airlines, you w ould have nothing 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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Retirement Plan Investment Tip
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> If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
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> With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1000.
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> With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
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> If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left.
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> If you had purchased United Airlines, you w ould have nothing left.
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> 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.
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> Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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> This is called the 401-Keg Plan.