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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (89384)	2/10/2001 4:55:27 PM
From: Dan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Mike -I'm looking for defensive positions against worldwide catastrophes I try to maintain about a 12% position in gold, oil, and defense stocks. (4%ea) I figured defense stocks do well in war. Is this true? But, oil and defense stocks went up too much, so I had to sell. Damm them, they forced me to take profits! The only thing I can think of is to short Israel stocks. If there is a Middle East problem, they would probably drop 80% or more. (With Saron, this is probably more likely) Also, they had a good run up last year. Is this a good idea? Do you have any other ideas? Any good stock for germ warfare? I don't own DeBeers. Is that good for da Bears? Is there value in this stock? Thanks again