[Rhodes22-list] This day in history Ivestment discussion
Brad Haslett
flybrad at gmail.com
Mon May 5 12:15:05 EDT 2008
Rummy,
Here's an example of why you need to keep some money invested in the good
old US of A. Follow Robert's example and invest in power plant producers
and the folks that find the 'juice' to run these things. Don't invest in
the end users (like Delta). Most of Boeing's products go overseas.
Brad
http://www.nmedia.com/777-200LR_Boeing.wmv
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:39 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> Ed,
> Next time you are coming this way, give me a call and I'll take you around
> in the golf cart and give you a tour.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 5/5/2008 8:10:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> ekroposki at charter.net writes:
>
>
> 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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