Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 05, 1998
November 04, 1998
November 06, 1998
Transcript:
Elmont: Look, I've always handled the dough for this outfit! I'm sure not going to stop now! Alice: But I've already invested it, Ducks. In an S&P index fund and some mixed T-bills... Elmont: What? You didn't! Alice: Why not? What would you have invested in, El? Elmont: An S&P index fund and mixed T-bills! That's what! Alice: Is this a great marriage or what? Elmont: And pork bellies! Small-cap pork bellies!
I was well out of college before I learned that investing in pork bellies actually meant investing in pork bellies, and not that it was slang for a category of risk.