Investment if at all

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If you would have purchased $1,000 worth of Delta Airlines stock 1 year ago, you would have $49 today.
If you would have purchased $1,000 worth of AIG stock 1 year ago, you would have $33 today.
If you would have purchased $1,000 worth of Lehman Brothers stock 1 year ago, you would have $0.0 today.
But, if you would have purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, enjoyed all the beer and returned the empty aluminum cans to a recycling refund, you would have $214
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