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