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Strategies & Market Trends : Steve's Channelling Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: orkrious who wrote (22929)	8/4/2001 6:32:19 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30051

Your best bet their is probably a "Russian" close end fund. I don't know much about these, but Russia has been so decimated, it must be a "bargain". selected Turkish companies might also be interesting since they have already gone through the "wringer". Zeev

To: orkrious who wrote (22929)	8/4/2001 7:32:46 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30051

Joy, You can search this site for CEF's: (go to the upper right hand column and there is a search selection) cefa.com Templeton is a place to start with emerging markets. Maybe someone on this thread and give you another company that does well with emerging markets. Joan

To: orkrious who wrote (22929)	8/4/2001 8:01:23 PM
From: Nick JMH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30051

Jay: Mr. Grantham states that small-cap value (U.S.), has another 30-40 percentage points to run. I could not agree more. You asked for a fund. A favorite of mine is BPSIX. They have returned around 41% YTD and about 45% for year 2000. Not too shabby. Below is the SI link to the fund's overall YTD and historical returns. poweredby.morningstar.com Also, I do not consider their portfolio holdings risky. Below is Morningstar's review and risk assessment of the portfolio. poweredby.morningstar.com Nick