Thanks. Im not ready to hibernate just yet. Will remove the last third tonight after what temoporarily is a real nice 12-14% gain today(subject to change over any 10 min span...yesterdays close comes to mind). These down days in international funds can be brutal so trying to step aside for a day or two of selling only to reload next week. Plan was to ride this back up to late september levels over course of what should be a few months and then buy houses and put on some shorts. So I will be around for a few more months. Dow 11k is right in there with my thinking as thats where it was late sept. is anyone you know likely to be axed in todays announced cuts at fed ex?