If you reread my message you will see that I specified bond funds; not
bonds. Unlike bonds, bond funds offer daily liquidity the same as any
mutual fund.

Matt Liotta
President & CEO
Montara Software, Inc.
http://www.montarasoftware.com/
888-408-0900 x901

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 4:08 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: RE: MS CF? (getting OT)
> 
> I don't remember the exact reasoning (something to do with the value
of
> bonds and the rates they mature at being tied to the economy), but I
do
> remember hearing on public radio ( Fresh Air I think ) that the leap a
lot
> of people have been making to Bonds may actually be a bad thing. Iirc
what
> they said was -- having / buying bonds isn't such a bad thing, but you
> shouldn't put too much of your portfolio into them because there's a
good
> chance that they will not produce the desired stability that people
are
> buying them for. So if you're heavy in bonds in the hope they'll be
> stable, it's possible you might wind up with a rude awakening as they
fail
> to mature on time.
> 
> Original Message -----------------------
> We sold off our equity positions in 2000 and moved the money into bond
> funds.
> 
> Matt Liotta
> President & CEO
> Montara Software, Inc.
> http://www.montarasoftware.com/
> 888-408-0900 x901
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:52 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: MS CF? (getting OT)
> >
> > Where are all the "winners" now?
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luce, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:42 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: MS CF? (getting OT)
> >
> >
> > I could ask the guys on the trading floor for their opinion, but I
> don't
> > think I have to. I guess I should have specified "Investing in the
> stock
> > market to make money" as opposed to just "The stock market". I
didn't
> know
> > there was a different way to look at it though. Perhaps that
explains
> some
> > things. Throughout the 90s I wondered how "everyone" was winning.
Now
> I
> > see
> > there is a whole other segment. I wondered who was losing.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:33 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: MS CF? (getting OT)
> >
> >
> > Funny, I was under the impression the stock market was about stock.
If
> I
> > am
> > not mistaken when you buy stock you are buying a piece of the
company
> -
> > therefore, you are saying "I like what this company is doing I am
> going to
> > give them money so they can do what they are doing some more." -
> weather
> > you
> > mean to or not.
> >
> > It has become a Las Vegas type institution where most don't care
where
> > their
> > "vote" is going, but it goes none-the-less.
> >
> > Thank you for your good luck wishes, but from the tone of your
reply,
> I
> > think you will need the luck more then I will.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luce, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:14 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: MS CF?
> >
> >
> > The Stock Market is all about money. That's the first rule of
> investing.
> > Buying or selling stocks based on any other ideas is just silly.
Good
> luck
> > with that.
> >
> > Greg
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:58 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: MS CF?
> >
> >
> > Well, welcome to America where you vote means nothing unless there
is
> an
> > amount of money tied to it. I buy stocks in companies where I like
> their
> > business practices, think they have good products, and approve of
how
> they
> > treat their staff.
> >
> > Sometimes I loose money, often I make money. Because in the end how
> you
> > run
> > your business is how you wind up being treated - in this world or
the
> > next.
> >
> > I disapprove of a lot of Microsoft's business practices, and I think
> they
> > are an ethically bad company. They make money - yes - but that is
all
> they
> > do.
> >
> > Plus I sleep *really* well.
> >
> > ALL IMHO as it is my funny green pieces of paper that we have put
> value
> > on.
> >
> > (If you think it's all about the money - I pity you)
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:39 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: MS CF?
> >
> >
> > Why would you sell it? I'm no Wall St. slickster, but wouldn't you
> make
> > out
> > well if you were suddenly in possession of $54 MS stock in exchange
> for
> > your
> > $11 MM shares?
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:32 AM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: RE: MS CF?
> > >
> > >
> > > Ha, from the Robertson-Ravo news source :)
> > >
> > > Guess now I *don't* have to sell my Macromedia stock, whew!
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:04 AM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: RE: MS CF?
> > >
> > >
> > > its not
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 23 December 2002 17:07
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: RE: MS CF?
> > >
> > >
> > > Please tell me this isn't true.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net
> > > http://ruinworld.sourceforge.net
> > > Scientia Est Potentia
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:07 AM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: MS CF?
> > >
> > >
> > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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