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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (1870)	6/23/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

From the Amazon Review---- Fukuyama argues that civilization is in the midst of a revolution on a par with hunter-gatherers learning how to farm or agricultural societies turning industrial. He finds much to celebrate in this cultural, economic, and technological transformation, but "with all the blessings that flow from a more complex, information-based economy, certain bad things also happened to our social and moral life." Individualism, for example, fuels innovation and prosperity, but has also "corroded virtually all forms of authority and weakened the bonds holding families, neighborhoods, and nations together." Yet this is not a pessimistic book: "Social order, once disrupted, tends to get remade again" because humans are built for life in a civil society governed by moral rules. _________ It sounds as an interesting book... Individualism, I think, has been misunderstood perhaps. I think Individualism gives greater freedom in general, but it also carries more responsibility.... which many are not willing to take. The old case of: "nitto o oumono wa itto omoezu." <g>

To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (1870)	6/30/1999 9:05:00 AM
From: accountclosed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3536

henry, if one were starting to build a bond portfolio, what would you recommend? 1. use of bond mutual funds up to a certain dollar amount? 2. if bond mutual funds, what fund families and what funds, in particular? a variety of time horizons? (i realize that it hard to respond due to different people's risk tolerance and time horizons.) i would be biased towards vanguard due to low expenses and pimco due to reputation. 3. at what size portfolio would you recommend beginning to try to tackle individual issues? 4. what parameters would you use to investigate the issues of various types of bonds such as treasuries, corporates, municipals, more esoteric instruments? 5. how would you buy these instruments? are they typically available through discount brokerages, and what are the symbols? are there good sites on line to track individual bond issues? 6. do you ever recommend closed end bond funds? anything look good here? 7. are you still negative on bonds here or at least cautious despite your natural bond bullish tendencies? tia AntMan proofsheet.com datek.com