albert smith 803 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have £49.00 today. If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in AIG (BA) 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. If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Northern Rock thirteen years ago, you would have £0.00 today. But, if you had purchased £1,000 worth of beer one year ago at Tesco’s, drank all the beer, then taken the aluminium cans to the scrap metal dealer, you would have received a £214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. A recent study found that the average Briton walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Britons drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that, on average, Britons get about 41 miles to the gallon! Makes you proud to be British. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,493 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Amusing Albert, not true but amusing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Five or so years ago I was advised to invest in rhodium metal. At the time it was about €900/ozt. In that time the price has been up in the €10,000/ozt and is currently (even amongst all of this world turmoil) €6,000/ozt. In a similar time period, gold ("the" standard) had gone up from about the same starting level €900/ozt to €1,586/ozt (this morning's price on the Paris metals market). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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