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To: Ilaine who wrote (21989)	8/2/2002 10:05:26 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi CB, <<30 year US Treasury bond is 5.27%. That would pay her $26K USD for the rest of her life. If interest rates went up she could sell them>> ... at a prospectively huge capital loss. I suggest this, a subset of my portfolio ... Message 17827534 instead. Chugs, Jay Ref: Message 17802216

To: Ilaine who wrote (21989)	8/2/2002 6:05:44 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

What the lady has to do with her 500K. That 500K the old lady has is -most probably- fruit of hard work or savings which Chinese are known for. The lady is in her mid-seventies. She hasn't got much time, strength or health to do much with that money. Instead of lose time time -which she has very little- to analyse and decide what to do with her money, she should that money, which is not going to generate much interest as we already discovered here in the BBR, she should spend it and enjoy the rest of her days.