Fireside chat (stocks)

[Gigwoof]

First post here (LOVE the atmosphere on these boards, how refreshing to see that in this world the "luittle guys" are still helping each other out!!) sorry, if this sounds like a newbie question, that's because it IS <g>

I have been following XYNY and IGRP for a while and enjoyed your input tremendously. I have saved a little aside to invest in them but given that they may/will merge, would it be wise to invest in them 50/50 (50% in each company) or would I be smarter to stick with XYNY? I've never been in this situation before...

To be frank, I'm not crazy about IGRP being a PK stock, those are just a pain to sell on Scottrade and I'm concerned I coulodn't get rid of them if they tank after the merger.

ANY thought appreciated.