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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (110616)	1/18/2008 7:22:06 PM
From: KPHinds	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I am not an expert on REITs, that is for sure. For other companies, I can look at their balance sheets and get a good idea as to what is going on and whether they have value. For the REITS I can understand the risks they are currently facing but can't appreciate all the details. That said, I do have credit for the first CFA exam from being an actuary, I do have experience in the economic capital management strategy for financial orgs, and I do know a bit about investing. I've just been building up cash for 8 years or so. Given the crap I've gone through to get that money, I'm pretty hesitant about doing anything with a significant amount of that money until the market has corrected a bit more.