( Note: I did not check the numbers: ) For all you nervous stock-watchers, a bit of advice on how to play the market.... If you bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. If you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock), one year ago -- drank all the beer, and traded in the cans for the nickel deposit --you would have $79. My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.