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To: Boca_PETE who wrote (6876)	12/31/2011 11:31:06 AM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 10065

:) I gave up on T-Bills. It's not worth the effort to buy them. Best wishes, I2

To: Boca_PETE who wrote (6876)	12/31/2011 12:13:27 PM
From: gronieel2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10065

*"...Minus .04. That's .05 below what Treasury Bills are currently yielding! Why would anyone want to invest in the stock market when they could earn a safe yield of .01% per year?.."* Actually Joe, that's 0.04 of an S&P Index point. If you add back in the dividends, the return is a bit better than a 10yr T-Note but still less than inflation... "Including dividends, the S&P 500 returned 2.11 percent for 2011. That means investors lost money after inflation, which was running at 3.4 percent in the 12 months ending in November. At least they're getting more than investors in the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which currently pays a yield of just 1.88 percent." finance.yahoo.com