Retirement Fund

[la4angus]

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 $1,000.00.
>
> With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
>
> But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of Beer one year ago, drank all
> the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling price, you
> would have $214.00.
>
> Based on the above, current investment advice is to drink heavily and
> recycle.
>
> It's called the 401-Keg Plan.

This is from a Former National Champion Football Player. One of the best . But he is getting old like myself and Dun; a top cowman.
>

 

[D.R. Cattle]

I could have spent the 1000.00 on cattle and turned it over a lot better than all the above.

 

[la4angus]

D.R. Cattle
Where you been. You was gone yesterdayl. Fishing must be good in Fla.

 

[D.R. Cattle]

Grapefruit slowing down, beef picking up. All but 1 calves on the ground. Fertilizer and sod seeding. Weekdays in the grapefruit (with my DSL connection), nights and weekends on the ranch (with no connection). Glad to be back to talk with you guys, but I gotta tell you I'd rather be messin with my cows than shipping grapefruit!

 

[D.R. Cattle]

D.R. Cattle
Where you been. You was gone yesterdayl. Fishing must be good in Fla.

Huge waves right now. Fishing good, if you can survive the trip. Several drownings in the last few weeks due to rip currents. I'm waiting on March to go "out like a lamb" to try my luck at dolphin (mahi mahi) and the cobia should be running too.

 

[Campground Cattle]

D.R. Cattle
Where you been. You was gone yesterdayl. Fishing must be good in Fla.

Huge waves right now. Fishing good, if you can survive the trip. Several drownings in the last few weeks due to rip currents. I'm waiting on March to go "out like a lamb" to try my luck at dolphin (mahi mahi) and the cobia should be running too.

Specks are running heading for the bay. There is nothing like 5 to 7 pound speckled trout. I am jealous can't compete with the Keys.

 

[D.R. Cattle]

Keys are awesome but I'm about 3 hours North of there. We're set up to go for a week in July. My 2 sons are certified divers now and were gonna check out some wrecks and a few coral walls. Troll the Islamorada hump with ballyhoo. Other than that I'm gonna rehearse for Corona commercials.

 

[Campground Cattle]

Keys are awesome but I'm about 3 hours North of there. We're set up to go for a week in July. My 2 sons are certified divers now and were gonna check out some wrecks and a few coral walls. Troll the Islamorada hump with ballyhoo. Other than that I'm gonna rehearse for Corona commercials.

I can relate my son in USAF is coming home on leave in a couple of weeks, boats ready to go tear up specks and reds. Good luck and be safe.

 

[Ellie May]

Sorry about the change of subject but where did Black Power go??? I haven't heard from him in a while, not that I'm complaining.
Ellie May

 

[la4angus]

Ellie May
Did you run him off?

 

[Ellie May]

Never mind I just saw one of his posts, I really think he has somethin' against me, and I don't mean an arguement or diasagreement I mean he just out and out don't like me.
Ellie May

 

[la4angus]

Come on Ellie
How did you guess.
The rest of us like you.

 

[Ellie May]

Well thanx, that made me feel a lil' better.
Ellie May

 

[1982vett]

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 $1,000.00.
>
> With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
>
> But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of Beer one year ago, drank all
> the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling price, you
> would have $214.00.
>
> Based on the above, current investment advice is to drink heavily and
> recycle.
>
> It's called the 401-Keg Plan.

This is from a Former National Champion Football Player. One of the best . But he is getting old like myself and Dun; a top cowman.
>

LOL...Little perspective on this "ancient" thread...

If on the same day you bought $1000 worth (and kept)

Amazon would be worth $117,726.16
Apple 569,960.97
Microsoft 12,338.75
Costco 15,083.47
Netflix 364,588.49

So $5,000 invested March 28, 2003 would now be worth $1,079,697.48 (barring any miscalculations on my part).

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

LOL...Little perspective on this "ancient" thread...

If on the same day you bought $1000 worth (and kept)

Amazon would be worth $117,726.16
Apple would be worth 569,960.97
Microsoft would be worth 12,338.75
SPY (S&P 500 etf)

Good point.

I don't recognize any of the participants in this thread prior to your post Vette.

 

[Stocker Steve]

LOL...Little perspective on this "ancient" thread...

If on the same day you bought $1000 worth (and kept)

Amazon would be worth $117,726.16
Apple 569,960.97
Microsoft 12,338.75
Costco 15,083.47
Netflix 364,588.49

So $5,000 invested March 28, 2003 would now be worth $1,079,697.48 (barring any miscalculations on my part).

But what if you put $5,000 into cattle? Should have a huge herd by now.

 

[1982vett]

Good point.

I don't recognize any of the participants in this thread prior to your post Vette.

2004 was a long time ago now…I wasn't posting back then but was lurking in the shadows fairly regularly. Cant say I remember these members either.

 

[1982vett]

But what if you put $5,000 into cattle? Should have a huge herd by now.

I'm not good enough with numbers to figure that one out…but doubt putting $5000 in cattle and ignore them for 18 years would be a good idea.

It would be interesting knowing what you could have under different management programs.

 

[Son of Butch]

> But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of Beer one year ago,
> It's called the 401-Keg Plan.

I couldn't find 2004 data for Anhueser-Busch (BUD)
But $1,000 invested in 2009 would be worth $1,502 today

A couple of random 2004 blue chips

$1,000 in Coca-Cola March 31 2004 with dividends reinvested = 2,792 today
it's value bottomed at $812 in 2008

3M March 31 2004 $1,000 -low $555 2/27/ 2009- today = 2,616

$1,000 in Ford 3/31/2004 today = 1,083

$1,000 of gold 3/31/2004 today = 2,987
$1,000 of silver 3/31/2004 today = 2,789

 

[BFE]

$0 investment in marriage in 2001= -$250,000 in 2021.