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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <table style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="609"> <tr> <td width="384" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="384"> <tr> <td align="center" width="1%" valign="middle"> <img src="/files/9663/ford.jpg" alt="AXA Advisors" height="214" width="160" border="0"> </td> <td> <img src="/graphics/spacer.gif" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="1" border="0"></td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="99%"> <span style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>ASSISTING YOU IN ACHIEVING PERSONAL FINANCIAL GOALS</b> <br> <br>Phone: 404-760-2342 <br>FAX: 404-760-2390 <br>Email: <br><a href="mailto:basil.ford@axa-advisors.com">basil.ford@axa-advisors.com</a> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <span style="font-size:9pt;">Since graduating from Harvard Business School over 30 years ago, I have been involved in financial services. My goal is to assist individuals, families, and businesses in achieving their financial goals. <br><br>I am actively involved as a volunteer providing outplacement support to help recently unemployed individuals find new career opportunities. My wife and I are active in youth soccer. I have lived in Roswell, Georgia since 1983.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="384"> <tr><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/X/TA5_r4_c1.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Calculators"></td><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/X/TA5_r4_c4.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Newsletters"></td></tr> <tr><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/X/TA5_r5_c1.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=136" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Cost of Retirement</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=133" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Tax-Deferred Savings</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Compare the potential future value of tax-deferred investments to that of taxable investments.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=124" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Life Expectancy</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Knowing your likely life expectancy is an important factor in making long-term financial plans.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=content.cfm?ID=124" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Life Expectancy</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Knowing your likely life expectancy is an important factor in making long-term financial plans.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=C&source=calc_hdr.cfm" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF0000">More Calculators>>></font></b></a> </p> </td><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/X/TA5_r5_c4.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=1310" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">Oil's Above-Ground Problems</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> It used to be that the main concern about oil was finding enough of it in the ground to meet world demand. Despite dire predictions to the contrary, most experts believe that there is still plenty of oil in the ground. Why then has the price of oil doubled since 2004?</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=1357" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">The Consumer Price Index and You</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Inflation is a long-term, sustained rise in the general level of prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=1318" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">The Coming Retirement Boom</font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> In 2008, a new era will dawn that economists and policymakers have been anticipating for years with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation: baby boomers will begin turning 62, ushering in an unprecedented long-term shift in the balance between working and retired Americans.</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=content.cfm?ID=1409" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">It's Not as Bad as You Think </font></b></a> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Economic indicators, including GDP, are signaling continued growth, but consumer confidence is lower than it's been in years. Why do these figures seem to be moving in opposite directions?</font></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="index.cfm?type=N&source=news_hdr.cfm" target="_top"> <b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF0000">More Newsletters>>></font></b></a> </p> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width="225" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="225"> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign=bottom align=center> <a href="http://www.axaonline.com/axa/general/emerald.html?url=/rs/axa/about-us/33a_National_Initiatives.html?leftnav=4,0&email=basil%2Eford%40axa%2Dadvisors%2Ecom&phone=404%2D760%2D2342&fax=404%2D760%2D2390&name=Basil%20Ford&fpurl=www%2EBasilFord%2Emyaxa%2Dadvisors%2Ecom" target="_blank"> <img src="/graphics/X/axafa1.gif" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="225" height="32" valign="bottom"> <img src="/graphics/X/TA5_r1_c6.gif" width="225" height="32" border="0" alt="Market Watch"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14" background="/graphics/X/TA5_r2_c6.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="211"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <b>July 24, 2008 @ 07:24 PM</b><br><br></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="200"> <tr><td align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"> <a style="text-decoration:none; color: #000000" href="quotes.cfm?symbol=$INDU" target="mondo"><strong>Dow Jones Industrials</strong></a></font> </font></td> <td align="right" nowrap><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#B00000"> <strong>11,349.28</strong></font></td> <td align="right" nowrap><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#B00000"> <strong>- 283.10</strong></font></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"> <a style="text-decoration:none; color: #000000" href="quotes.cfm?symbol=$COMPQ" target="mondo"><strong>Nasdaq Composite</strong></a></font> </font></td> <td align="right" nowrap><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#B00000"> <strong> 2,280.11</strong></font></td> <td align="right" nowrap><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#B00000"> <strong>- 45.77</strong></font></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"> <a style="text-decoration:none; color: #000000" href="quotes.cfm?symbol=$SPX" target="mondo"><strong>S&P 500</strong></a></font> </font></td> <td align="right" nowrap><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#B00000"> <strong> 1,252.54</strong></font></td> <td align="right" nowrap><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#B00000"> <strong>- 29.65</strong></font></td></tr> <tr><form action="http://partners.marketcenter.com/fiserv/quotes/quote.action?symbol=" method="get" target="mondo"> <td align="center" colspan="3"><br><input type="text" size="6" maxlength="6" name="s" value=""> <input type=submit value="Get Quote"></td></form></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"> <br>[ <a style="text-decoration:none; 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Individuals may transact business and/or respond to inquiries only in state(s) in which they are properly qualified. Basil Ford is licensed to transact insurance business in the following states: AL, FL, GA, NC, OH, TN; and is registered to offer securities in the following states: AL, AZ, FL, GA, NC, OH, TN, WI; and authorized to offer investment advisory services in: AZ, GA, WI;. 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