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Hillary Clinton Net Worth $34.9 MILLION
San Francisco Sentinel ^ | 15 December 2007

Posted on 12/15/2007 6:13:01 PM PST by COUNTrecount

WHAT SHE’S GOT

Cash and Bonds: $30.1 million

Life Insurance: $140,000

Retirement Funds: $33,000

Alternative Investments: $248,000

Houses: $5.9 million

Mortgages: $1.5 million

WORTH: $39.9 MILLION

2006 Income: $12.1 million

WHERE SHE GOT IT

When Bill Clinton first ran for President in 1992, Hillary provided most of the couple’s income working for the Rose law firm in Little Rock; he earned only $35,000 a year as governor of Arkansas.

Although she takes in $165,200 a year as a senator, these days Bill is breadwinner-in-chief. His presidential pension is $201,000 a year, and he grabbed a $12 million advance for his 2001 memoir, “My Life.” (Her “Living History” won an advance of $8 million and $7 million in royalties.)

But it’s been Bill’s great gift for gab that has really feathered the Clintons’ nest. He earned an astounding $41 million speaking to groups and corporations in the first six years since he left office. Standard fee: $150,000. The fact that he may be married to the next President can only burnish his star power.

WHERE IT GOES

Until May 2007, the Clintons had cash and a blind trust. When Hillary launched her campaign, however, she (and Mitt Romney) had to “unblind” the trust to comply with Executive Branch rules, so the contents became public. The Clintons’ money was spread among 190 mostly large-cap stocks from A (Abbott Labs) to Y (Yahoo) with a sprinkling of New York State and U.S. bonds.

Jason Mirsky of RiskMetrics assessed the portfolio as aggressive but not foolish. A Black Monday event, he says, would have lost the Clintons about 16.5 percent of their portfolio’s value.

Anxious about potential conflicts, the Clintons sold everything but the U.S. bonds. Allan Roth of Wealth Logic estimates the move cost $500,000 to $1.8 million in taxes. “They have done their fair share to shrink the budget deficit,” he says.

HOW SHE COULD DO BETTER

The Clintons’ cash hoard leaves them exposed to inflation, says Roth. Federal and state taxes put them in the 40 percent bracket, so the after-tax net on a 5 percent yield would be only 3 percent.

The Clintons should invest half their money in the stock market, using broad index funds to avoid conflicts of interest. If they set up a new blind trust, they should confine themselves to 30 to 50 securities.

“With the old portfolio,” says Mirsky, “they had a lot of fragmented positions that didn’t do much but add to their transaction costs.”


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To: bannie
.and then there are the Suisse banks...

Wasn't Vince Foster in charge of that???

41 posted on 12/15/2007 8:53:31 PM PST by danamco
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To: COUNTrecount

I really don’t give a sh!t what this b!tch and her traitor husband are worth. After all, Bill never misses an opportunity to tell us he’s rich. Isn’t it funny though that “an evil, selfish” insurance company paid out the settlement to Paula Jones? Guess she should have waited until the bastard was out of office...


42 posted on 12/15/2007 8:56:32 PM PST by blake6900 (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: potlatch

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Erosion?

I’ll have to heck that out -


43 posted on 12/15/2007 10:00:25 PM PST by devolve (---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
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To: BenLurkin

YOUR tax dollars at work!! I checked off the “no” box for “Tax Dollars For Hillary” on my last tax return, didn’t you?
Hang on, I’ll be right back, someone’s scratching on my bathroom window...


44 posted on 12/15/2007 10:00:49 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: devolve

Lol, well her face was bad to begin with. That original picture was not sharp and clear.


45 posted on 12/15/2007 10:02:51 PM PST by potlatch ("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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To: BenLurkin

YOUR tax dollars at work!! I checked off the “no” box for “Tax Dollars For Hillary” on my last tax return, didn’t you?


46 posted on 12/15/2007 10:06:00 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: BenLurkin

This is a woman who turned $1,000 into 100,000 overnight when she was in Ark. How can you ask where these shrewd investors got their money?


47 posted on 12/15/2007 10:12:42 PM PST by purpleraine
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To: BenLurkin

Ben, they get the money from us, us being 50% of the citizen’s of the US that pay to hear/support the rhetoric they provide.

Scares the living shit out of me that so many take the bait.
I’m not fooling now.


48 posted on 12/15/2007 10:17:22 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: COUNTrecount

Shrillary: “Hey, Bill, don’t you think that ‘public service’ is a lot better than cattle futures??”

Bill: [musing to himself] “Shrillary, baby, if you knew how much p*ssy I’m scoring these days, you’d know that all the money is just a part of the good life now!”


49 posted on 12/15/2007 10:20:12 PM PST by Enchante (Democrat terror-fighting motto: "BLEAT - CHEAT - RETREAT - DEFEAT - REPEAT")
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To: BenLurkin

BTW, Gore is estimated to be worth around 80-100 million, and this is before his carbon credit company (read:SCAM) kicks in for his enrichment with our tax dollars.


50 posted on 12/15/2007 10:22:31 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: COUNTrecount

Well, for her heiness, she needs all the $$$ worth she can muster, because she’s totally worthless as a member of Congress. Human race value has not been calculated as yet.


51 posted on 12/15/2007 10:29:47 PM PST by Diver Dave
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To: BenLurkin

The job at the Rose Law firm...was basically a “help-Bill” effort because his state job wasn’t paying that much. The first real paychecks in her life....for real work...came as a senator...which you have to admit...is a real legitimate occupation. As for how you acquire $34 million....book deals help, and wealthy Chinese contacts help as well.


52 posted on 12/15/2007 10:58:39 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: Diver Dave

Cost or $$$ doesn’t always equal value, lol.


53 posted on 12/15/2007 10:59:27 PM PST by khnyny (Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill)
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To: devolve

Meh, if she’s melting down, then please move her melting left cankle (which is stepping on Baton Rouge BTW) and ass off of Louisiana and put the composted material at its’ point of origen...which is well North of the South...where It came from.
Merry Christmas to you and all yours.
D.


54 posted on 12/15/2007 11:12:02 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: potlatch; Atchafalaya

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Unfortunately it’s south of I-O-WAA

I cannot remake the USA map!


55 posted on 12/15/2007 11:21:07 PM PST by devolve (---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
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To: devolve

LOL, no one wants her to melt on THEM!! Funny.


56 posted on 12/15/2007 11:28:52 PM PST by potlatch ("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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To: potlatch

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Yup!

Suddenly nobody wants her


57 posted on 12/15/2007 11:41:24 PM PST by devolve (---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
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To: COUNTrecount
But it’s been Bill’s great gift for gab that has really feathered the Clintons’ nest.

Benny Hinn is just a piker next to these grifters.
58 posted on 12/15/2007 11:44:59 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: COUNTrecount
It is fascinating that the writer of this article is telling the Clintons that they should have half of the $ 30 million in the stock market. I know that is conventional wisdom based on historic returns vs historic risk.

However, it is hard to believe that the Clintons don't have inside information that is keeping them out of the stock market.

Think about it.


59 posted on 12/16/2007 12:51:20 AM PST by cgbg (Nada non nyet--nanny amnesty Huckabee.)
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To: BenLurkin

Disgusting that “the gift of gab” is worth anything!


60 posted on 12/16/2007 3:47:33 AM PST by DooDahhhh
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