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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (105852)	10/20/2009 9:47:52 PM
From: prometheus1976	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110194

First let me thank you for your considered reply.. Money wise, a good bit more than a million-a little less than 15 million. the certificates are a long term buy & hold-the trading accounts are separate. "i'm staying for the revolution. fuck these guy" Some friends who live in New Orleans realized at the last moment the severity of Katrina and caught the last flights out.Their suitcases contained only their cherished possessions-no clothes,toiletries etc.After some manuvering they ended up at the Waldorf in New York,where they stayed for 6 weeks. When I remarked" Geez,that musta cost a bunch",they replied "Yeah,it did,but would you rather spend a disaster at the Waldorf or the Astrodome?" Good luck on staying for the revolution,it may not go as you think. Simply put,i think there are some better investment opportunities in other countries,and with the added benefit that i,and my widowed elderly mother, may choose to join them at a later date if need be. Note: a rash of break-ins( more than 30 and during the early afternoons) in my rather affluent area resulted in 4 of them being caught.They had assault rifles,body armour,and high capacity pistols.I think this is the future,as well as the present. The worst case scenario of off-shore investing is that i make some money and pay the taxes,or lose some money that i don't really need if things go good in the U S ,and that estate taxes would chew up some anyway. Again,My Regards,P1976, who is trying to hedge a bit,and not let some ratty politicians destroy 2 lifetimes of work and saving.