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To: Madharry who wrote (38520)	7/15/2010 5:22:28 PM
From: E_K_S	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78753

Hi Madharry - I really do not look at Funds in general and closed end funds specifically. I only hold shares in a few that have been mentioned here. I pretty much sold all my mutual funds in the 90's to focus on specific stocks. I do own shares in Vanguard (S&P 500 and GNMA). You might look at some of the new ETF's for the product you have in mind. Here is a link to a database of closed end funds. You might search your specific criteria and see what pops up. I use this link to monitor the CEF Discounts to NAV. cefconnect.com I find that by the time you evaluate all the costs and associated fees you really end up paying a large premium to own specialty closed end funds or sector ETF's. Even if you can buy Funds at a Discount to NAV does not mean you will be able to sell it at or above the NAV. EKS