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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 19:48:37 EST
Subject: Investments--Addendum 2

Since my two earlier posts today on this topic, another thought has struck 
me, which I don't recall having been mentioned before.

I have the impression--which will have to be verified--that some brokerage 
houses allow you to buy and hold open-end mutual funds WITHIN the brokerage 
account, like any other stock, just a portfolio item, in street name. If that 
is correct, then it doesn't matter if the mutual fund doesn't accept TOD 
accounts with a corporation as beneficiary--so long as the brokerage account 
can be set up "in trust" with CI as beneficiary, which we know can be done 
with at least one brokerage house. We will check others.

This might prove to be the simplest and easiest route. CI would also receive 
periodic verifications from the brokerage house.

Robert Ettinger 
Cryonics Institute
Immortalist Society
http://www.cryonics.org

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