A Gun to His Head -- AT&T or Cisco?

Last night, I had a dream. I was standing in my pajamas on the corner of Wall and Broad and a guy came up behind me and put a revolver to my head. He said he would shoot me unless I agreed to put all my savings in one stock for five years. My only choices were AT&T(T Quote) or Cisco(CSCO Quote).

I pleaded for more options. "How about an index fund?"

"What do I look like, John Bogle?" he said. (Actually, he looked a lot like Dan Dorfman.) ...