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To: Gottfried who wrote (8386)	2/3/2003 12:31:29 AM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Respond to of 95757

Thanks for the link, Gottfried. There's a lot of info there. I'll try to find data that spans a number of years. The stock purchase amount for all of Q3 seems so unreasonably small. The number for bonds seems more reasonable. However, coupled with US investor fund redemptions, maybe a small reduction in foreign investment can have a big effect on stock prices. And the more scary thought is that the multi-$trillion dollar house of cards (stock market) is built on a small, fragile foundation of continual money inflows. And when the inflow stops or reverses, huge drops in market value can result. Sarmad From the BEA page: ------------- Net foreign purchases of U.S. bonds were $39.2 billion, down from $93.0 billion; net foreign purchases of U.S. corporate bonds fell sharply, and net foreign purchases of U.S. agency bonds also declined. Net foreign purchases of U.S. stocks were $7.4 billion, down from $11.4 billion. --------------