I read this somewhere on the facebook, and could not resist sharing it with you all given the roller coaster going on with economy.
If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today! If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG, you would have $33.00. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer, drank it all, turned in the cans for recycling, you would have $214.00. So, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.
Its called 401 Keg plan.