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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4222460, member: 101855&quot;]Keep the stocks, but do keep an eye on them. Coins are not a great investment at all, especially now. I have many “blue chip coins” in my collection, and many of them have not done well in recent years. My “return” has been in the joy of owning them, not financial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why keep an eye on your stocks? Because a good stock today, even one that has been highly respected for many years, can go bad on you. My first stock was General Motors. Back in 1965 it sold for over $100 a share when $100 a week was a decent job. “So goes General Motors, so goes the nation” was the catch phrase. Thank goodness that was not true.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we all know, “the old General Motors” went bankrupt. The stock and bond holders got nothing. When my mom was in a rest home, and I was taking care of her financial affairs, I sold my late father’s considerable GM holdings. She was angry with me, but it needed to be done. She assumed that GM would always be good. It wasn’t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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