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To: Mark Adams who wrote (2873)	6/30/2003 11:13:44 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4907

Oh they can still blame the Fed for having the audacity to think they could set rates without getting into another death spiral like they got into in the late 1970s and early 80s when the Fed had to simply throw up their hands on interest rate targeting altogether because we had the inverse of the problem we have now. Do you see any validity to the idea that Yen savings may be moving US rates lower? I'm not sure what you mean by the term "yen savings". Do you mean Japanese savings? How do you feel about the proposal that seniors should embrace dividend paying stocks as an income option? I wouldn't mind them embracing dividend paying stocks if most of them weren't such total dogs. I think it's harder to pick through dividend paying companies than it is growth stocks. I lean more towards bonds when I want income but that hasn't stopped me from looking at a few names that pay dividends with a fresh view. I'd avoid stuff that looks like dead fish no matter how high the divi is....like EK for instance. As you point out, if rates move up, all of the options for income get hit mainly because if they pay a decent divi down here, they get bid up to a premium and as rates rise the premium gets thrown out sometimes wiping out any dividend yield for that year. I like large cash positions coupled with good growth equities, if you need income sell some stock. I hate the idea of holding something all year for 5% yield only to have 10% get knocked off over night. If I'm going to risk 10% I want to get paid for that risk.

To: Mark Adams who wrote (2873)	7/1/2003 1:03:18 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 4907

<How do you feel about the proposal that seniors should embrace dividend paying stocks as an income option? > Depends on age and what portion of their wealth will be passed on to kids. Elderly with little to pass one should really be mostly in short term stuff... a few divi stocks would be fine. DAK