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Strategies & Market Trends : REITS - Buying 1 - 2 weeks before going ex-dividend -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Kibler who wrote (2339)	10/21/2002 7:37:03 PM
From: Richard Barron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2561

Jim, I was in NYC this weekend. Talk of 5 billion dollar deficit. Talk of raising property taxes. This would be more expensive for individuals and businesses. I think NYC is probably not going to be a growth area short term, nor offices in particular. I believe that RA has a convertible preferred as well as another class of stock. I think the convertible preferred may be the safest play with most of the upside potential. Richard