Interesting Investment Facts

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If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines 2 years ago, you would have £49.00 today.





If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in AIG insurance company 2 years ago, you would have £33.00 today.





If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers 6 years ago, you would have nothing today.





If you had purchased £1,000 of shares in Northern Rock 5 years ago, you would have nothing today





But, if you had purchased £1,000 worth of beer one year ago at Tesco's, drunk all the beer, then taken the aluminum cans to the scrap metal dealer, you would have received £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

[Patsy33]

Interesting! :-)