Because it was able to write offriskyloansearlythis year, according to James Kurz, a seniorFonkozefinancialadviser, itsportfolioatriskhasfallen to 5 percent in recentmonths.
Bert Halliday, first vice president and seniorfinancialadviser at Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) in New York, emphasizes the family dynamics of buying long-term care.
Albert Wojnilower, senioradviser to Monitor Clipper Partners, which manages private-equity investments, predicts enormous increases in financial risks for everyone in his "Life Without Treasury Securities, " a 16-page essay that is must reading on Wall Street these days.