[GLDNGUN]

Do you mean to tell me that if you know WHAT stocks to buy and what stocks to not buy, and if you know WHEN to buy and WHEN to sell, that stocks are a good investment?

Wow. Gee, that never occurred to me...you might be on to something!

[jjm2111]

"Do you mean to tell me that if you know WHAT stocks to buy and what stocks to not buy, and if you know WHEN to buy and WHEN to sell, that stocks are a good investment?"

A good stock investment is the Wilshire 5000 index fund which tracks the 5000 largest U.S. stocks, thereby capturing any company of any worth. You won't see the tremendous returns of say, betting on Microsoft, but you will see solid returns over 20 yrs.