Interesting. Our banker says not to buy and sell because the investment person makes a commission every time we do. Our investment person will advise me if he makes a commission or if we can sell something that he doesn't make a commission on. I appreciate that, maybe it's a law he has to do that, I don't know for sure.
What it was that made the 200% gain was a growth stock. AMAT. Not sure what to do now. They tell me you haven't lost anything until you sell...It doesn't have a dividend that amounts to anything, so there's that. If we sell it, then we pay taxes on the gain. It's pretty complicated, really. A balancing act. Mr. FH doesn't like the stock market so we don't have much in it, whether that's good or bad.