True ... I wonder how many billions (trillions?) have been lost on "sure things" in the market? I have a few shares acquired over the last 30 years, but they are things I feel relatively okay about like Coca Cola, Exxon, and GE. Not enough to really do anything with, but maybe leave to the kids one day. I lost my entire stake in a local bank a few years back when it failed. Again, not a huge amount by some standards, but it was a lot to me.



I just like to read about companies in the scrap metal industry and as a result looked around at ones that were publicly traded.

Agreed that money in hand is probably a better bet than "gambling" on stocks....