The thing began to seem to Archie a rather unusually sound and conservative investment.
Within that world, the trust looked like a conservative investment.
"You can beat inflation by two or three percentage points today with conservative investments," he said.
But individual investors are also looking at more conservative investments to an extent not seen since the early to mid-1990's.
The Act was considered a bad one, since it required a "very conservative investment policy for trustees".
These bonds are, of course, the most conservative investment around.
More conservative investments will not provide adequate gains, he said.
And foreigners so far seem to be selecting only the most conservative investments.
But a number of conservative investments have served as havens recently.
Take some profit off the table and put it into more conservative investments.