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To: GraceZ who wrote (161250)	4/21/2002 7:33:48 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Grace, there was a time when the Japanese were sitting on huge capital gains until Mr. Tough Love took them away -g- All financial booms brought on by an inflationary credit expansion end in TL & EV - this one will not be an exception IMO. As a side note other countries do not use hedonics - if they did their " reported" growth rates would be higher. mike

To: GraceZ who wrote (161250)	4/21/2002 11:27:50 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<There is a reason their capital comes here, there's a higher return when you engage risk. There's a higher return when the tax laws aren't confiscatory. >> You mean lately.... there used to be reasons capital went to lots of places. <<The problem is that investment and investment gain is not counted as savings and compared to the other countries that have higher savings rates it makes us look like spend thrifts.>> Are you sure investment gains are counted as 'savings' in other countries??? Don't think so in Europe. Or are you simply saying that Americans have more money in the market, and therefore more that isn't counted??? DAK