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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: wooden ships who wrote (6022)	7/16/1998 5:06:00 PM
From: Boca_PETE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

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To: wooden ships who wrote (6022)	7/16/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: Rillinois	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Truman, re: Let us hope that the weekend soon upon us will not yield up the surprise which greeted us last weekend when many of us eagerly tuned into Brinker's MoneyTalk only to hear an avun-cular book seller. I share your feelings of surprise when there's someone else's voice on the radio Saturday at 3:07 PM Central. I'm usually ready to sit back and listen to Bob and envision critical mass in my future when all of a sudden another voice comes across the air waves. What a downer. I proceed by figuring out how I'm going to enjoy the next three hours of my Saturday afternoon. BTW, did hear the "book seller" last weekend say something to the effect that Living Trusts are overused by most people? He said the only thing a Living Trust does that a simple will can't do is maintain the privacy of an estate. He says a simple will can cover both estate tax credits that spouses are entitled to. Is this accurate? Did I not hear him right? Immediately after this statement a caller explained that his understanding of a Living Trust was that one could use the $625,000 estate credit at the death of the first spouse and then an additional $625,000 credit at the death of the surviving spouse for a total of $1,250,000. The caller continued by saying that he did not believe that you could salvage that first credit with a simple will. The "book-seller" told the caller that he has been dooped into thinking that only Living Trusts can perform this task. If he was, I must say that so have I. Did you hear this exchange? Do you have any idea what the "book-seller" could have been talking about? This reminds me of when Flannigan once told a caller that Spiders are risky because they are derivatives and you have to be right about the timing. He went on to say you can lose all your money in Spiders much like options and futures. I cringed at the thought of all the unsuspecting listeners actually thinking that Flannigan knew what he was talking about. Best Regards. Rillinois