Investment advice

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I found this in another Forum I am in:


"If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Qantas one year ago,

you would have $49.00 today!



If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago,

you would have $33.00 today.



If you had purchased $1,000 of 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 $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 also found that the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a

year. Another study found that Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of

alcohol a year. That means that, on average, Aussies get about 41 miles

to the gallon!



Makes you damned proud to be an Aussie!"

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Splendid!

However, in the late 70's I was asked if I could put up $20K to help get a new board game off the ground and into production.
I demurred.
It'll never catch on.
Who wants to buy something you can play for free in the car?
Ten billion Trivial questions later......

[danielsun]

Yep, we should all invest in slabs of beer.
But try telling the Mrs that it's a great investment.

[pgc hunter]

lol I always knew I had sweet fuel economy

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

Splendid!

However, in the late 70's I was asked if I could put up $20K to help get a new board game off the ground and into production.
I demurred.
It'll never catch on.
Who wants to buy something you can play for free in the car?
Ten billion Trivial questions later......

Another true story from a missed opportunity back in the 80's (from memory):
A very scared, confused and lost Japanese tourist approached a rough looking biker in the crowded Sydney underground railway and offered 0.1% shares in the company he is CEO of if the ratbag Biker could help him find his way back to his Motel and his waiting family.
The Biker refused and said something along the lines of "Flip off Jap".

It was in the newspaper the next day that the CEO of Honda Motor Company's Hamamatsu Motorcycle Subsidiary, Japan was grateful for the assistance he received from two 14 y.o. schoolboys when he lost his bearings in Sydney.
The boys each received a new motorcycle of their choice and a trip for their families to visit the Honda Manufacturing Complex in Hamamatsu Japan.



I wonder if the kids ever got the 0.1% shares. Nothing was said about it.