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To: ChanceIs who wrote (207231)	6/16/2009 11:34:35 AM
From: Perspective	Respond to of 306849

<One has to wonder what is better: shopping it out to a small committee or dealing with the beast and your emotions by yourself in isolation. I obviously prefer the latter.> Me, too, but then my wife reminds me - FREQUENTLY - that I'm a miserable control freak. I just doubt that 99% of the "asset managers" out there have flexible enough thinking to seriously deal with the concept that this might just be, from an investment perspective, an event on par with the Great Depression. BC

To: ChanceIs who wrote (207231)	6/16/2009 1:10:02 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

One has to wonder what is better: shopping it out to a small committee or dealing with the beast and your emotions by yourself in isolation. I obviously prefer the latter Me too, but sometimes I wonder if it's worth all the effort. Life is too short. Getting tired - and maybe a little bored - with being a trader, manager and asset allocator - in addition to the day job. Thinking of farming out part of the task. Does anyone have any good ideas about who can be trusted to navigate these markets?