But it sure sounds like fun
The 401-Keg plan
1. If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
2. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00.
3. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.
4. If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left.
5. But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling, you would have $214.00.
So, based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
And because I had a free moment, I did the math with the current market price of aluminum, and the actual return would be closer to $175.
So, you decide: Is $1000 of Keystone Light three times as good as Delta Airlines?
Gah. Any amount of Keystone Light is not worth the aluminum can it’s stored in. Oh wait, maybe that’s your point….
hm.. what about if you bought $1000 worth of ammunition, and you re-load the cases, what kind of return would that be?
How about buying $1000.00 of Keystone, selling it at cost, but retaining ownership of the can. Then recycle to make a $175.00 profit. Isn’t that how investments are supposed to work?