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Strategies & Market Trends : Ahh Canada - 2 out of 3 ain't bad -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Shack who wrote (1249)	3/18/2001 9:50:04 AM
From: Dexter Lives On	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5144

Maybe they'll follow the HK government approach when their currency was under attack - just buy stocks directly. HK was able to prop up their market long enough for the US to come to the rescue back then. Japan seems incapable of structural reform; it's just one quick fix after another. Of course, none of this is new ;-) but with every weak link in the markets under a magnifying lens, Japan is looking very vulnerable. It seems they will need a collapse to facilitate change. The real question is will the US let it collapse? At what cost to themselves? The US always acts in its self-interest and in the past have ignored moral hazard when it comes to bailing out bad risk-taking. Then again, maybe there's nothing they can do this time... Rob