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To: Riskmgmt who wrote (19943)	7/1/2007 7:19:53 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218722

ray, I stay away from structured products as a rule hsbc bejing offers 100% principle protection and 20% upside with 2 year lockup based on china energy shares so, comparatively at least, seem superior

To: Riskmgmt who wrote (19943)	7/2/2007 3:55:24 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218722

You might want to diversify and don't have more than 5% in one of the structured products. That would include most bear funds, especially the 2x inverse funds. Structured products depend on various derivatives - futures, options, swaps, tranche arangements - and also the liquidity of multiple counter parties. You might want to keep the total percentage in structured products under a certain percentage, because they might have massive losses (-90%) in certain events.