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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (12263)	12/30/2001 1:55:46 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 74559

Hi John, I am stewing my lamb stew again, for tonight. While I stew, I stew. <<If your friends are looking for places to park capital, I have identified a very novel approach>> I had already proposed a slightly more sophisticated and a bit less transparent approach … I would guarantee interest payment for as long as my friend holds the job at double the risk-free rate of 1% (never mind the principle). <<reeks of … Not the simian-throws-darts-and-gets-rich-quick kind of opportunity … … the careful sighting of shadows at range 3000 yards through a gyroscopically stabilized super-sniper scope kind of opportunity … Or one can merely lie in wait as the targets get closer and use a less expensive scope at closer range>> I vote for ‘wait until they get really close and then take them out with a few grenades and a flamethrower’ approach. <<tossed out "V" as a recovery hypothesis ... it will be a www. Recovery>> will require good shock absorbers for the <<long and grueling ordeal>>, and the only things I know that can act as financial shock absorbers are … continued employment, cash and gold. <<"in which currency would you short the Gold?">> Uhm, more thought required. One guy at the party said he doesn’t like to mix trades and positions, i.e. play Euro high yield bonds and currency in the same dice throw, or gold and currency, etc. Something to that. Back to the stewing for me. December 31st Monday (tomorrow) for me will be a day of morning Harry Potter movie watching, Dim Sum lunch, reflexology and then afternoon nap. This recession is sort of hard to take for so many days in a role:0) Chugs, Jay