[ArneFufkin]

Torie, I understand the investment part of Gold. But gold funds don't serve the purpose that some here seem to embrace. That's why I asked ... I've looked at a gold fund but I'm pretty meat and potatoes right now. 3M, Phillip Morris, J&J, Target, BellSOuth, Ecolab. I have a couple of 401K funds that are stuck in neutral, but I guess that's a win right now. Growth stuff, but with firms like Medtronic and Merck, not Razorfish and Noprofit.com.

[Torie]

You need to look more into index mutual funds. That's where my money is, to the extent it isn't in bonds or various kinds or sorts or real estate. The equity premia looked to me like close to zero awhile back, and it still strikes me as rather thin. JMO.