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Hi, everybody.

Welcome to another daily edition of Talking Real Money.

I'm Don McDonald, and your participation is always invited in the podcast

and the show at 8559358255. We're one of the few talk shows that has a 24-hour number.

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So simple.

So this is the last one for this week.

This is the February 1st daily show, but we try not to date

these too much. Today I want to discuss something we have discussed in the past, but it's an area

in which there is a great deal of interest. And this interest started, oh, give or take, about a decade ago.

Interest in things called alternative investments. Now, there are many, many, many, many of our peers

who believe that alternative investments have a place in portfolios?

We don't.

I don't.

I don't see what purpose they serve.

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