If you invested $100 in McDonald's at its IPO price

[AmbitV]

$2.4 million

 

[Nitemare]

So maybe that time machine on ebay isn't too bad of an investment...

 

[axelfox]

Assuming you left all in?

 

[ggavinmoss]

That's nothing. The island of Manhattan was "bought" for 60 guilders worth of trinkets.

Now THAT'S a great return on investment.

-geoff

 

[CalvinHobbes]

what year did they go public?

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
what year did they go public?

1492. They had a booth on the Pinta.

 

[Hankerton]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
what year did they go public?

1492. They had a booth on the Pinta.

hahaha, lol, that made my day.

 

[tranceport]

OP

Where did you get the information?

 

[Goosemaster]

Louisiana Purchase > *.*

best fleecing in history😀

 

[yllus]

Edit: Hmm, I must have been thinking of the Mexican-American war.

 

[FoBoT]

buying alaska was a good deal

if you do the $100/IPO trick for walmart and microsoft, you get a big number also

 

[Bryophyte]

This is why I'm buying my kids stock.

 

[destined]

i have $100 in enron. wish me luck.

 

[MustISO]

Originally posted by: destined
i have $100 in enron. wish me luck.

What a fool, I have my 401K in Enron!

 

[Baked]

Well, that Alaska purchase from the Russians ain't too bad either.

 

[yukichigai]

I'm personally buying some WorldCom and MCI stock. Can't get any lower 😛

 

[daniel1113]

Time to get some GM stock as well 🙂