X-Message-Number: 13237 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: Financial Statements Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 16:30:52 -0000 > It cost $18,000 .. and I was worried that I may be accused of exaggerating the greed of the accounting profession when I used the figure $10,000 in the article I wrote on the subject. $18,000 invested in a technology fund in 1993 would now be worth ... http://www.invesco.com/Fundinfo/fp55.asp five years growth was 515.82%, ten years was 1,601.91% . I am not sure how reasonable this assumption is, but say seven years was 700%. Therefore the $18000 given to the accounting profession would have now been worth $(18*(1+700)/100) or roughly $126k. In today's terms, that audit has cost Alcor the price of a full body cryopreservation. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, my singles club for people in Cornwall, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://geocities.yahoo.com/longevityrpt ----- Original Message ----- > Message #13235 > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:34:26 -0500 > From: "Stephen W. Bridge" <> > Subject: Financial Statements > There are three levels of financial presentation for corporations: > compliation, review, and audit. In 1993, Alcor had its 1992 statement > independently audited by a major Los Angeles accounting firm. It cost > $18,000 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13237