I have done well buying dirt and continue to do so. Stocks - I TOTALLY lost my ass in them in 2002, not following someone's fall 2000 advice to sell, then continuing to screw myself over by selling like a mad woman in 2002. No more stocks for me. I still have a few (very few) shares here and there, but land is more attractive to me.
Though I wished I'd bough Crocs stock back when I fell in love with the shoe
