Food, glorious food: Stock choices are luscious

Courtesy USATODAY.com Money - Waggoner  Thu, 01/31/2008 - 20:25

You would have made more money investing in a loaf of bread the past year than by investing in the stock market.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gained 5.5% last year, including dividends, while the price of bread rose 10.5%, including crumbs.


 

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