Atlanta Fortune 500 Companies
23. The Home Depot homedepot.com
44. United Parcel Service (UPS) ups.com
87. The Coca-Cola Company coca-colacompany.com
75. Delta Air Lines Inc. delta.com
126. The Southern Company southerncompany.com
177. Genuine Parts Company genpt.com
254. First Data Corporation...
I really don't know why you keep posting in this thread and pretending you actually know what you are talking about.
What are the fees YOU are currently paying on your stock portfolio?
Clearly you are very risk averse and that's fine. For clarity though on one last point.
You can cash out stocks whenever you want without penalty, and you do have to pay tax on the PROFIT. If you buy for $100 and sell for $105, you pay tax on the $5 profit. It's a capital gains tax rate...
This post has so much bad information I recommend you disregard.
You pay interest on your home, maybe 4-6%? If you think you will make more than that in the stock market, and enough to cover your risk, then you should do it. Depends on YOUR personal risk tolerance.
The "company" does not...