[Rhodes22-list] This day in history Ivestment discussion

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

Hard to argue with success.  Good for Rummy!  Now I know where to go when I
lose my job.  I can be the groundskeeper at the Rumpsters Palace or maybe
the blendermeister. His health-care plan probably sucks but think of the
fringe benefits!

Brad

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
> Brad,
>
> Fear not for Rummy, he recently 'invested in' a palacial, waterfront
> estate.
> Really an orchard, and small farm with a boat dock.  His talk about
> foreign
> investments must be compared with this...  I would suggest this will not
> just fall out the sky.  It even includes his own private 'workshop', on a
> hill overlooking the place, imagine, "King of the Hill".
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
>
>
>
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> >
> > Rummy,
> >
> > Don't forget the business cycle - what goes around comes around!  I
> cashed
> > in some of my international chips to buy my airplane (worse than boats
> for
> > money pits, definitely not investing).  Commodities are at a 200 year
> high
> > because of demand from India and China.  They have their own cycle as
> > well.
> > China has significant problems to face down the road and can't keep the
> > current pace going forever.  I manage a pretty good chunk of change for
> a
> > Chinese investor (who has a similar education as mine, an accounting
> > degree
> > in China with a US MBA from a high profile school) in US muni-bonds -
> same
> > deal as you in reverse.  It's all in the eyes of the beholder. If I knew
> > where the market was going to be in a year I'd be out shopping for a
> > Gulfstream instead of busting knuckles on an old Bonanza.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:42 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Brad,
> >> The code isn't difficult to break. Just take a look at the global
> economy
> >> and see who and where the money is being spent. Natural resources such
> as
> >> steel
> >> as an example. China and India are buying steel at an incredible rate.
> >> Then
> >> there is the shipping company's and the company's that build the ships.
> >> Enough
> >>  said.
> >>
> >> Rummy
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 5/5/2008 7:34:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> flybrad at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> Rummy,
> >>
> >> Congrats!  You broke the code.  In the long  run, the US economy is a
> >> safe
> >> bet but I've been about a third vested in  international for over a
> >> decade
> >> and it's worked out as a good hedge.   The dollar just started moving
> up
> >> against the euro last week and traders  are placing their bets on the
> >> dollar's rise.  Defining exactly what is  international isn't exactly
> >> easy.
> >> My employer does business worldwide, same  as GE, Boeing, etc.  Good
> >> luck.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at  6:26 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Brad,
> >> > The  answer to where my investments are held is that they are not in
> >> this
> >> >  country. Our economy is way to unstable at this time.
> >> > I am invested in  international company's.
> >> >
> >> > Rummy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > In a  message dated 5/4/2008 9:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> >  flybrad at gmail.com writes:
> >> >
> >> > Earth to   Frone,
> >> >
> >> > Did you catch the snippet from Rummy the other day that  his
> >>  investments
> >> > were
> >> > doing well?  You think he  invested in Castro's Cuba  or the country
> >> that
> >> > dumbass Bush  destroyed?
> >> >
> >> > Brad
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, May  4, 2008 at  8:13 PM, <FCrawford0707 at aol.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >  >  In a message dated 5/3/2008 8:28:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
> >> > >  R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
> >> > >
> >> >  > Herb,
> >> > > This isn't about me  or my mother. This is a  discussion about  the
> >> > dumbest
> >> > > SOB
> >> > >   that has ever taken the oath of office. I didn't  call you on
> >>  breaking
> >> >  the
> >> > > rules, that was someone else.
> >> >  >
> >> > >  Rummy
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >  > Rummy - good for you to have the guts to  say it as it is.
> >> Although
> >> >  there
> >> > > is
> >> > > more to it  than  dumb - Bush has done so much damage to our
> country
> >>  in
> >> >  a
> >> > >  mere
> >> > > 8 years that one wonders if he could  have been worse had  he  been
> >> > trying
> >> > > to
> >> >  > damage us.  It is hard to find a single  policy  that  favors the
> >> people
> >> > of
> >> > > our
> >> > > country over   whatever special interest he happened  to favor on a
> >> given
> >> >  >  day.
> >> > > Then there was the "proclamation" that if  you  "considered "
> >> sailing
> >> to
> >> > > Cuba,
> >> > > your  boat was subject to  confiscation.   Thanks for your candor -
> >>  Bush
> >> > > will  be
> >> > > ranked either just above or just  below   Buchanan.
> >> > >        Frone  Crawford
> >> > >   s/v Sunday  Morning
> >> >  >
> >> > >
> >> > >
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