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ParticipantI have relatives expecting a baby girl too. They have a long last name ending in “-ana”. It think it’s a Basque last name. Anyways, friends have suggested many pretty names but most have been turned down. The mom to be has some rigid rules:
– It has to be a short name (because the family name is long)
– But it has to be more than one syllable long
– Must not end in “a”Any suggestions?
Participant$150K in two years. I would put about $50K in each of:
– Countryfried Bank CD (pays 4.2% and is FDIC insured)
– FXE (Euro ETF, pays over 3.5%)
– A high-dividend stock, like Pfizer or Hugoton Royalty TrustIf you feel more risk-averse, increase the first and reduce the third. Do the opposite if you feel more adventurous. You can also replace the third option with Vanguard’s 500 Index fund. The FXE is to protect you in case the housing bailout and further interest rate cuts put the exchange rate at $2.5 per euro by 2010. If the euro stays flat, at least you’ll earn a dividend.
May I ask: Why two years?
Participant$150K in two years. I would put about $50K in each of:
– Countryfried Bank CD (pays 4.2% and is FDIC insured)
– FXE (Euro ETF, pays over 3.5%)
– A high-dividend stock, like Pfizer or Hugoton Royalty TrustIf you feel more risk-averse, increase the first and reduce the third. Do the opposite if you feel more adventurous. You can also replace the third option with Vanguard’s 500 Index fund. The FXE is to protect you in case the housing bailout and further interest rate cuts put the exchange rate at $2.5 per euro by 2010. If the euro stays flat, at least you’ll earn a dividend.
May I ask: Why two years?
Participant$150K in two years. I would put about $50K in each of:
– Countryfried Bank CD (pays 4.2% and is FDIC insured)
– FXE (Euro ETF, pays over 3.5%)
– A high-dividend stock, like Pfizer or Hugoton Royalty TrustIf you feel more risk-averse, increase the first and reduce the third. Do the opposite if you feel more adventurous. You can also replace the third option with Vanguard’s 500 Index fund. The FXE is to protect you in case the housing bailout and further interest rate cuts put the exchange rate at $2.5 per euro by 2010. If the euro stays flat, at least you’ll earn a dividend.
May I ask: Why two years?
Participant$150K in two years. I would put about $50K in each of:
– Countryfried Bank CD (pays 4.2% and is FDIC insured)
– FXE (Euro ETF, pays over 3.5%)
– A high-dividend stock, like Pfizer or Hugoton Royalty TrustIf you feel more risk-averse, increase the first and reduce the third. Do the opposite if you feel more adventurous. You can also replace the third option with Vanguard’s 500 Index fund. The FXE is to protect you in case the housing bailout and further interest rate cuts put the exchange rate at $2.5 per euro by 2010. If the euro stays flat, at least you’ll earn a dividend.
May I ask: Why two years?
Participant$150K in two years. I would put about $50K in each of:
– Countryfried Bank CD (pays 4.2% and is FDIC insured)
– FXE (Euro ETF, pays over 3.5%)
– A high-dividend stock, like Pfizer or Hugoton Royalty TrustIf you feel more risk-averse, increase the first and reduce the third. Do the opposite if you feel more adventurous. You can also replace the third option with Vanguard’s 500 Index fund. The FXE is to protect you in case the housing bailout and further interest rate cuts put the exchange rate at $2.5 per euro by 2010. If the euro stays flat, at least you’ll earn a dividend.
May I ask: Why two years?
April 9, 2008 at 11:57 AM in reply to: In case you missed it, click on the link to the left, titled “Stop the Mortgage Bailout” #183597ParticipantHow do I include that button as an email signature? We need to spread the word around!
April 9, 2008 at 11:57 AM in reply to: In case you missed it, click on the link to the left, titled “Stop the Mortgage Bailout” #183611ParticipantHow do I include that button as an email signature? We need to spread the word around!
April 9, 2008 at 11:57 AM in reply to: In case you missed it, click on the link to the left, titled “Stop the Mortgage Bailout” #183638ParticipantHow do I include that button as an email signature? We need to spread the word around!
April 9, 2008 at 11:57 AM in reply to: In case you missed it, click on the link to the left, titled “Stop the Mortgage Bailout” #183645ParticipantHow do I include that button as an email signature? We need to spread the word around!
April 9, 2008 at 11:57 AM in reply to: In case you missed it, click on the link to the left, titled “Stop the Mortgage Bailout” #183649ParticipantHow do I include that button as an email signature? We need to spread the word around!
ParticipantUnfortunately these policy changes will slow down the reduction in prices that we expect. Of course, many of the new borrowers will become FBs, banks will lose money, or rather, Freddie and Fannie will.
Then the Fed will have to bail them out and print more money in the process… I can only see inflation increasing at high rates in ’08 and beyond.
Raising the conforming limits will come at a cost. We’ll pay for it.
ParticipantUnfortunately these policy changes will slow down the reduction in prices that we expect. Of course, many of the new borrowers will become FBs, banks will lose money, or rather, Freddie and Fannie will.
Then the Fed will have to bail them out and print more money in the process… I can only see inflation increasing at high rates in ’08 and beyond.
Raising the conforming limits will come at a cost. We’ll pay for it.
ParticipantUnfortunately these policy changes will slow down the reduction in prices that we expect. Of course, many of the new borrowers will become FBs, banks will lose money, or rather, Freddie and Fannie will.
Then the Fed will have to bail them out and print more money in the process… I can only see inflation increasing at high rates in ’08 and beyond.
Raising the conforming limits will come at a cost. We’ll pay for it.
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