PRIVATE CLIENT LETTER
This letter is intended only for accredited investors who are clients of either Blackburne & Brown or C-Loans, Inc. You signed up for this letter with Blackburne & Brown or by using C-Loans.com. Removal instructions are below. Today we'll discuss some possible economic storm clouds and the "emergency supplies" you may need for the storm.
Joke
Du Jour
A young executive was leaving the office late one evening when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Listen," said the CEO, "This is a very sensitive and important document here, and my secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work?" "Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. "Excellent, excellent," said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."
Update on the Bird Flu
Not everyone dies from bird flu. Researchers took the blood from four survivors and culled out the antibodies. The scientists then used the antibodies to make a vaccine that has successfully protected mice against both the most common bird flu virus and a mutation.
Now there is more hope that we won't someday lose all of our twenty-year-old children, the ones most vulnerable to the disease. Ironically its their own potent immune systems that kills these healthy, young adults, an overreaction called an immune system storm.
The Patch Joke
"Here's a very odd story. A woman in Tennessee is now suing a local pharmacy after buying what she thought were birth control patches. They turned out to be nicotine patches. The good news, her new baby is now down to a half a pack a day." -- Jay Leno
Upward Pressure on Corn Farm Land
With all of the talk about ethanol, its easy to forget that 2/3rds of all worldwide corn production is used as animal feed. The folks in China and India are earning more money, and as their incomes increase, so does their meat consumption. For example, growth in beef and chicken consumption in China is running at 20% a year.
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Civil War Joke
"I come from a stupid family. During the Civil War my great uncle fought for the West!" -- Rodney Dangerfield
I Am Writing a Book
It is a short action story about what happens to five families after a series of low-level terrorist attacks so frighten our banks that they stop making new loans. The money supply quickly implodes, and a horrible period of deflation and liquidation follows. The government moves quickly to "drop money from helicopters" (figuratively), and the economy recovers; but all imported commodities and goods skyrocket in dollar terms as foreign investors lose confidence in the dollar. Life is much, much harder for the survivors.
I've hired a ghostwriter, who is renting a cottage on Lake Maxinkuckee, and he has already completed the first few chapters. We'll self-publish at the end of the summer using publishing on demand. High tech printers can now print as few as 5 to 10 books per run, as demand dictates. I'll let you know when the book is available for purchase.
Conception Joke
A couple who were having trouble having a baby went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him a revolutionary new injection made from monkey glands, which worked perfectly. Nine months and two weeks later, his wife had a baby. When the nurse came out of the delivery room with the news, he asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?" The nurse replied, "We won't know until it comes down off the light fixtures."
Corn Farm Land Syndicate Needs Backups
On paper our latest farm land syndicate is full, but we almost always have a little shrinkage. If you would consider investing $5,000 or more in an all-cash, fully-leased corn farm land deal, please email Warren More at wmore@blackburne.com. Just indicate "Backup" in the Subject line.
Lettuce Joke
A man goes to the doctor with a piece of lettuce hanging out of his ear. "That looks nasty," says the doctor. "Nasty?" replies the man, "This is just the tip of the iceberg."
Trust Deed Investments
For information about investing in 8% to 11% first trust deeds, please click here.
Turtle Joke
An elephant was drinking out of a river one day, when he spotted a turtle asleep on a log. The elephant ambled over to the log, seized the turtle with his trunk, and threw it clear across the river. "What did you do that for?" asked a passing giraffe. "Because I recognized it as the same turtle that took a nip out of my trunk 53 years ago," the elephant replied. "Wow, what a memory!" exclaimed the giraffe. "Yes," said the elephant, "Turtle recall."
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Snake Joke
Two snakes were crawling along when one snake asked the other, "Are we poisonous snakes?" The other replied, "You're darn right we're poisonous! We're rattlesnakes. Why do you ask?" To which the first replied, "Because I just bit my tongue."
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Casket Joke
Three buddies die in a car crash, and they find themselves at the pearly gates. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket and your friends and family are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say about you? The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was the greatest doctor of my time and a great family man." The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband, and I was a school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow." The last guy replies, "I would like to hear them say, 'Hey look! He's moving!'"
Tiny Storm Cloud in Our Blue Skies
Two new banks joined C-Loans.com, our commercial mortgage portal, today. More ominously, however, one different bank recently left us. Federal regulators are clamping down on commercial real estate lending. What scares me is that if U.S. banks start to seriously tighten credit, the country's money supply may suddenly collapse like a black hole.
I think every serious investor should have a token account in a bear market mutual fund. Just leave the minimum deposit invested there for now. There may come a time when you'll want to wire a ton of dough into this account in a great hurry, so its important to open this account now.
If the U.S. money supply does suddenly collapse, there may be attractive bargains available. Like the old adage says, the time to buy is when blood is running in the streets. If Blackburne & Brown can convince its investors to move to safety in time, we may be able to syndicate the survivors together to buy some nice trophy properties at bargain basement prices.
Because C-Loans.com tracks hundreds of banks, we think we may have a little bit of advance warning if U.S. banks start to tighten. We may - six days or six years from now - just be able to blast out a warning signal in time. But for now the economic skies appear reasonably blue.
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