My grandparents left me with some money in a couple different mutual funds that return dividends each quarter. It's not a whole lot of money but it has maintained its value over the years.
When I look at some of the other equities out there pulling multibaggers this past year, I feel a sense of regret for not putting this capital into growth stocks a year or two ago when I first entertained doing it. The residual income from the mutual funds is nice, but nothing to write home about. I just get the sense that the money would better serve me and my investment goals if it were growing in blue chips, precious metals or utilities instead.
At my age (33) is it usually better to save the mutual funds for my retirement years and start taking a little more risk with this capital? I have a 401k with my employer that is already worth double what my mutual funds are, and I've owned the funds for 3 times as long as my 401k!!
This is basically the only capital I have available at my disposal to reinvest so I have to make it count.