To: TobagoJack who wrote (26642 ) 1/26/2003 10:35:16 AM From: jrhana Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36161 Thanks for the link I have been a little lazy lately about following your posts but every time I do I found real nuggets:investorshub.com From your link:Message 18399762 <I believe the US misunderstands China’s influence over N.Korea, believing it to be the equal of the US influence over Mexico or perhaps more naively, Grenada, while in actuality, I believe, it is merely one of (a) if you, N.Korea, are attacked, I will have to do something to secure my position on that front, either by helping you or helping the other side, (b) I helped you last time because the other side refused to talk to me and was in fact gunning for a fight with me, (c) if you pick a fight this time, the other side consists of my two biggest customers (US and Japan) and my top three investors (Taiwan/Hong Kong, followed by US, Japan, S.Korea), so do not pick fight, please;> So at least one can hope that the Chinese will not come down on the side of the crazies. <China’s traditional guideline is to do little or nothing about just nearly everything outside of its borders> If you think about it why should they? <Any down shift in Tokyo and S.Korean market due to war fears dictate an automatic hard buy program, because it will not come to war, and if it does, paper assets will vaporize anyway and gold value increase will more than compensate for any paper loss.> I do believe in cycles. I believe the Japanese market will come back way before ours does. After their great bear is perhaps spotting some grey while ours is still a ferocious Grizzly at peak mauling maturity. Perhaps some event driven climactic bottom would be the precise time to buy. Right now I would buy EWJ as recommended here by vt. Anyone have any better suggestions to keep an eye on? The time to prepare for this would be exactly now.