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To: E_K_S who wrote (31564)	7/21/2008 5:30:21 PM
From: Paul Senior	Respond to of 78659

EKS. "I am finding that I can do much better by buying individual company stocks than buying the ETF equivalent sector shares." This is my preference as well. You can buy and sell the individual stocks as they move - often independently of other stocks in their ETF sector. A little more work to watch for such opportunities with the individuals, a little more expensive with commissions on the several individual stocks; I hope though, the end result is that I will do better going with individual accumulations than with an ETF of them. (Brazil for example for me.) ----------------------------------- Intending to average down on my [t]ERF[/t] position, I have an open order for a few more shares at low $40. (I have added a little at $44-45 range in past couple weeks.) ----------------------------------- I've never owned foreign currency denominated bonds. I don't anything about these things.