Bullhonkie
07-26-2002, 07:22 PM
This has probably been circulating the internet quite a bit lately, so if you've seen it 2384782397 times before, I don't care. :p
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.
With Worldcom, you would have less than $5 left.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the 10 cent deposit - you would have $214.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.
With Worldcom, you would have less than $5 left.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the 10 cent deposit - you would have $214.