pappy....my choice was made long ago. in 2010 i did an IRA conversion of PTSC stock into a roth IRA. during 2011 i did an IRA conversion of PTSC stock into a roth IRA. and, this last January, i did another conversion of PTSC stock into a roth IRA.

...2010 is a done deal. i owe the tax of the fmv at the time of conversion (the 2010 conversion tax was paid on the 2011 and the 2012 returns). i still have until October of this year to undo the 2012 conversion...and like i said...until October of 2014 to undo this year's conversion.

.... i still have many times the number of shares in regular ira's, corp. retirement accounts and in regular accounts (all street accounts) compared to the realative number of shares i converted.