McDonald's - MCD

While a large percentage of the nation has been to a McDonald's restaurant at least one time in their lives it is important to note that a larger percentage of the nation has not even once thought of investing in this burger joint. Everytime you wait in line at your local McDonald's keep in mind that if you took the money that you spent on a # 3 with a Sweet Tea or a 20 piece chicken mcnugget meal with honey mustard you could easily invest those dollars into stock symbol MCD. If you go to McDonald's at least 3 times a week for at least 1 meal of $6.99 you will spend $32,713.20 over the course of 30 years. If you invested that money today, 8/21/11, you could own 375.0223 shares of MCD. MCD pays a quarterly dividend of .61 cents per share. 375.0223 shares of MCD x .61 cents per share = $228.76 every three months. $228.76 x 4 times per year = $915.054412 x 30 years = $27,451.63 aka free money, excluding compound dividends if you chose to reinvest into MCD. I highly suggest that you get involved in the stock market even though it has flucuated alot since the Great Recession of 2008. Good luck and keep investing in your future!