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Strategies & Market Trends : Closed End Global and Country Funds -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James A Roberts who wrote (229)	3/10/1998 11:48:00 PM
From: malco3h	Respond to of 289

For the foreign funds, I use the World Indices at YAHOO as well as the WEBS on the American exchange to point toward upward or downward trending countries. I then compare all funds from that country and hopefully select the best performing one. Good luck.

To: James A Roberts who wrote (229)	3/11/1998 1:01:00 AM
From: Shoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 289

ANDREW (James), if you find IF shares to short can you let us know where? I have not succeeded in shorting IF at Q and R or Waterhouse. Obviously the short involves risk of a rupiah rally, for example if the IMF were to cave in and accept a currency board system. Hedging with longs in certain Indonesian ADRs may be indicated, but I haven't got to that point (some of them in IF's portfolio seem to trade close to the quotes in KL, others at a premium, based on a spot check). As for other shorts, why isn't JEQ a good one, at least as a hedge to Japanese exposure in open-end funds or a discounted CEF? I am also short MFV. Good luck. -- Shoe P.S. Why LDF at such a small discount, and not LAM, for example?