Cherry Picking The Diamonds From The Stock Market

"Blue Chip" stocks or GOLD?

I bought stock in gold, CCE and JNJ last year, but I'm considering bailing out all together. Is the end really near? Advice?

i don't think it makes much sense to talk about "the end", but you do have to be in the right stocks at the right time, and for my money, there are better stocks than CCE and JNJ to be in that will pay at least twice and more the dividend.

if i bought CCE early enough in 07, i'd be tempted to take my profit now, given how paltry the dividend is. JNJ, on the other hand, seems to have a decent enough dividend that has been going up, so i might hold on to that one. in any case you should in all likelihood hold on to your gold shares.