The demand for iron ore doesn't seem to be diminishing for the foreseeable  
future. I'd be willing to bet it will last another two to three years.
Something Slim may or may not be aware of, the iron range in northern  
Minnesota has reopened and is going gang busters. Many of the steel mills in  
Indiana are once again receiving the ore and are processing it for foreign  
shipments. The Indiana steel mills have been resurrected by Russian businessmen.  
Gotta love international business.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/5/2008 7:59:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flybrad at gmail.com writes:

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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