What a $1000 gets you today…

Just to put a little perspective in what/where you can put your retirement savings with the volatile markets were in right now.  If you had put a $1000 in the following companies 1 year ago, here is what you have today:

Fannie Mae: $20.82
Freddie Mac: $21.23
AIG: $90.18

If you took that same $1000 and used all the money to buy beer you would have about $215 worth of cans to recycle.  More proof that red necks will survive just about any crisis.