This woman knows the dollar and its value fluctuations better than George Washington himself. A dinner with Sandy Schoepke and I have the confidence to join in investment conversations when they veer off of traditional stocks. Single Best Thing she shared is that investing about $1000 a year in gold over the last 40 years would yield a collection today worth more than $1 million (she had exact figures for this, of course). Ask her to show her prized JFK, Jr. coin.