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To: OldAIMGuy who wrote (357)	3/9/2006 8:48:49 AM
From: bunglingbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 387

Thanks Tom, I'll check it out. Bob

To: OldAIMGuy who wrote (357)	10/28/2006 7:21:18 AM
From: bunglingbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 387

Tom, I completed my land sale last month so I need to make some decisions on investments soon. Right now I'm considering CD's and also following about 60 stock in 4 categories. 40 are cef's and the rest are bdc's, reits, and a few oil/gas companies (examples AINV, AHR & PWE). I'm favoring cef's for the bulk of my stock investment but I have a couple of questions. You said "You can also look at the various funds' histories to see if they're just giving you your money back slowly over time". I've looked at way over a hundred funds on etfconnect but didn't see any information on this in the "Distribution History" portion of the stock report. Could you clarify where I can find what portion of a distribution is just a return of capitol? I also need help to understand how the "Annual Expense Ratios" affect distributions. If Management Fees and Other Expenses total 1% does that mean that an 8% distribution rate is actually reduced to 7%? If so this means that I would really only be getting 87.5% of the distribution specified and I would really need to consider this. Am I correct in assuming that the fees only come into play if I were to sell a fund unlike mutual funds where you need to account for capitol gains etc every year in your tax return. I would appreciate any help you or anyone else can provide. Thanks, Bob