JANE BRYANT QUINN
Ooops. Alan Greenspan has just discovered that, when the odor of money is floating on the air, you can't expect the $$,$$$,$$$ bonus crowd to ``just say no.'' It was a flaw in his thinking, Greenspan concedes, in apparent shock.

Gold is for rich guys -- buying physical gold, that is. The metal's highest and best investment use is as insurance policy against a currency collapse. For that purpose, you need a lot of it, stored around the world. Owning 20 or 30 coins is nice but won't protect your standard of living in a world where dollars are dust.