i told this cantankerous client that i thought this one, knb, would be terrific for his portfolio.agreed. i got it. i got the sale. he told me to buy a thousand shares. i got it! almost immediately it went up eight points. it was a dream. i had a winner. so i called him. i said bob, bob, i want to ring the register. i want to sell the 1,000 shares of kimberly clark. i thought he would thank me. he was furious. he told me that i had said kimberly would be good for the long term, that it could have great gains over time. he wasn't the least bit interested in only making $8,000. then he questioned my integrity. he wanted to know if i was churning him. well, that's a horrible charge, meaning that i was just trying to generate commissions with his money. you know what? i was scorched and torched, but he did teach me a terrific lesson. just as you don't want to turn a trade to an investment, because that's usually a sign that you're erasing a loss, trying to ferment why you're in it, you don't want to turn an investment into a trade. you have a good one, let it run for heaven's sake. bob