A little bit of “funny” we can all use these days:

If you had purchased $1,000 of AIG stock one year ago you would have $44.34 left.

With Wachovia, you would have had $54.74 left of the original $1,000.

With Lehman, you would have had $0.00 left.

But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago…drank all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund, you would have $214.00 cash.

By the way, bothe the US and EU financial markets will continue to fluctuate – it’s a great time to make some hard investments (gold, land, women). Or you an go for the 401- keg strategy and drink yourself silly.