A buddy just sent this to me:
RETIREMENT PLAN INVESTMENT TIP
If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago,
It would now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original
$1000.
With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you
Would have $49.00 left.
If you had purchased United Airlines, you would have
Nothing left.
But, if you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one year
Ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the
Aluminum recycling refund you would have $214.00.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is
To drink heavily and recycle.
This is called the 401-Keg Plan