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To: fswep who wrote (343)	11/30/2000 6:52:59 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12411

Hi Ward, Your ladder was very pretty. Were do the vigorish and tax bite get reflected? Permananent Fund, eh? I remember it fondly. I had the total luck to be on the SS Matanuska in Rupert on April 18, 1982, moving to Juneau. That date-stamped ticket allowed me to get in on the first, disputed distribution. I lucked into a three year payout after 6 months of residency, with my ticket exactly on the court determined residency cutoff date! But, they only could keep us out of the stock market for so long. You're still a little wet behind the ears. No one has ever kept "us" out of the stock market. Good sense has kept most people out of it. The wire houses love the public to play the stock market, after all, fleecing the public is how the money is made. :) Best, Ray

To: fswep who wrote (343)	11/30/2000 8:24:27 PM
From: booters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12411

A bond roll over program. Use to do that as a broker. Very good idea but did not sell all of them when bonds went up. Don't understand that. The whole idea behind the program is to not "play" the market. That is why you have short bonds in the portfolio, so they will mature and be invested at the current rate. If up then raising the return. If market is dropping then the longer bonds are returning more and increasing in value. If you sell the bonds at the higher price you have to reinvest the money at a lower rate and therefore give the money back in time. This in itself defeats the purpose and most important forces you to reinvest all at the same time. Maybe I have forgotten something, very possible. Anyway it is a good idea and can be spread over longer time spans for different needs. Also Tax frees, alot can be done with bonds if invested and worked properly. boots