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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (27866)	7/29/1999 3:56:00 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Nikkei Index...Nikkei continue its run, onshort term three months chart and five year long term chart I see this index ot inch higher. Yesterday after AG testimony I increased my exposure, the premiums in absence of volatility did not provide me opportunity to get out and re-establish positions but I have increased exposure and the storng data helped the sentiment turned bullish after Japan's Trade Ministry announced in the morning that industrial production rose a preliminary 3.0 percent in June from the previous month, compared with an average forecast of a 1.7 percent rise in a Reuters survey of economists.Traders said heavy buying flooded into high-technology shares and international blue chips.The sector was doubly attractive to investors after Morgan Stanley Dean Witter upgraded its investment ratings on Sony Corp and Fujitsu Ltd on Thursday to ``strong buy' from ``outperform,' they said. I continue to increase exposure to Japan, in my opinion we will test 22000 high of 96 by March 2000. Great play on Oct 99's highlighted here.. quote.yahoo.com^N225&d=3mm quote.yahoo.com^N225&d=5ym

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (27866)	8/4/1999 7:46:00 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Worldwide sales of microchip- making equipment produced in Japan will rise 19.9 percent per year on average in the four years through March 2003, reflecting growing demand for microchips used in home video game machines, industry figures showed. Sales of Japanese chipmaking equipment will surge to 1.7 trillion yen ($14.8 billion) by March 31, 2003, from 823.3 billion yen in the year ended March 31, as chipmakers worldwide increase production capacity, said the Semiconductor Association of Japan. Sales for the year through March 2000 will climb 14.1 percent on year to 939 billion yen, reversing the 37.6 percent plunge of the previous year, it said. Demand for equipment is rising as chipmakers such as Micron Technology Inc. of the U.S., the world's No. 2 computer memory chipmaker, and Taiwan companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp., the world's largest third-party chipmakers, add equipment to boost capacity. ''Rising demand for equipment since early this year shows companies are investing more in chips for game machines,'' the association said in a report. ''This is the first time devices other than those used to make dynamic random-access memory chips led the investment in equipment.'' Below is a list of sales the association forecast for the four years through March 31, 2003, shown in billions of yen. Global sales for chipmaking equipment produced in Japan: *************************************************************** FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 823.3 939.0 1,115.5 1,396.7 1,701.5 on- yr Change -37.6 14.1 18.8 25.2 21.8 ************************************************************* Domestic sales of chipmaking equipment: *************************************************************** FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 444.5 477.3 536.4 639.7 739.5 on-yr Change -40.3 7.4 12.4 19.3 15.6