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To: Ron McKinnon who wrote (52440)	11/18/2004 2:11:28 PM
From: Larry S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53068

CONGRATULATIONS!!! and how is gramma doing!!! larry

To: Ron McKinnon who wrote (52440)	11/18/2004 10:58:22 PM
From: DanZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53068

Ron, Congratulations on being Grandpa again! My best to you and your family. All, If you were looking to invest in various Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) today with a one year minimum time frame, which would you prefer? ETFs that have underperformed or outperformed the S&P 500 this year? The question is will the outperformers continue to outperform or will the underperformers catch up? Which sectors do you think will do best over the next year or two? Financial services, Health/Biotech, Energy/Metals, REITs, Technology, Telecom, Utility, Transports, others? Growth funds or Value funds? Equities or bonds? This one is easy. Bonds prices should go down as interest rates go up. I don't see how bond prices can rise from here, but it's always possible. I don't think that I would put more than 5% in bond funds, and I might just put 0 for now. US, European, Emerging markets, Asian, Latin America? I couldn't find any ETFs that are net short. Does anyone know of any? There are hundreds of ETFs now. Obviously I wouldn't put an entire portfolio in one ETF, so I'm looking for more maybe the top five or ten. What do you all think? Any suggestions? Thanks, Dan

To: Ron McKinnon who wrote (52440)	11/18/2004 11:44:47 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53068

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