X-Message-Number: 10845 From: Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 12:56:08 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Trust Funds I heartily recommend reading KEEP WHAT YOU EARN by Terry Coxon (1997) which covers these issues in a most effective manner. Coxon and Harry Browne many years ago launched the Permanent Portfolio Fund based on a balanced investment approach to preclude the need to determine market trends and to be prepared for the four major kinds of economic climates: high inflation, moderate growth, decreasing growth and deflation. In his 1997 book, Coxon also goes into detail on the value of establishing an IRS-recognized Grantor Trust in Bermuda. He also offers a turn-key approach to establishing such a trust for as little as $5,000, though $50,000 is a realistic minimum size trust. Such trusts are incredibly flexible and while they do NOT address the question of how you can keep your OWN money until defrost time, it COULD permit your cryonics organization to establish a mutually-designated "membership", if I understand this correctly. Just a suggestion. -George Smith Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10845