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10/09/08 5:39 AM

#61537 RE: learningboutinv #61532

Stocks vs. Beer



More facts....





If you had invested $1,000 in shares in Delta Airlines one year ago,
you would have $49.00 today. If you had invested $1,000 of shares in
AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today. If you had invested
$1,000 in shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would have
$0.00 today. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year
ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for
recycling refund, you would have received a $214.00. Based on the
above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.
It is called the 401-Keg.

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!

Irongate

10/09/08 7:51 AM

#61538 RE: learningboutinv #61532

Yeah, but...
"During the 1921-1929 bull market, the DOW moved from a low of 63.90 to a high of 381.17. This was a sixfold increase! The depressionary bear market of 1929-1932 retraced that entire bull market and overshot by 7% to the downside before ending at 41.22. That major bear market wiped out the 1921-1929 bull market and not much more." - Tony Caldaro