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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (174728)	6/23/2002 7:31:23 PM
From: UnBelievable	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

His focus now should be preservation of capital. Right Now Is Not A Good Time To Be In Equities. Something like 60% treasury bills or CD's (short terms), 20% Gold funds, and 20% a euro denominated short term government bond fund. I posted this list of the tops stocks to own now on another thread but it may be of interest. satirewire.com

To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (174728)	6/23/2002 7:41:06 PM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

my sugestion would be to buy bonds and keep 50% cash. Unless he is full time trader he will bury himself. Wait for real bottom when PE's are 5-10 and buy

To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (174728)	6/23/2002 8:10:50 PM
From: rolatzi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

FSAGX is an open ended gold mutual fund run by Fidelity. A ladder of bonds from 1 to 8 years maturity is a relatively safe way to earn interest and protect your principal. You can decide between municipals and treasuries depending on his tax bracket. I would guess that munis' probably offer close to 85 or 90 percent the yield of treasuries. There is also the Mark Twain bank which issues CD's denominated in foreign currencies. There's a few ideas for you. Ro