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Strategies & Market Trends : Investment in Russia and Eastern Europe -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CIMA who wrote (9)	3/13/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 1301

Russia's exposure in Asia is minimal. Most of the trade is with Western Europe, which, in turn, is less affected than North America. Fundamentals of Asia and Russia are entirely different; in Malaysia the stock market used to be above 300% of GDP! (Now still significantly above 100%). In Russia, it's below 10% of GDP. This IS cheap. Of course, money going into Russia is hot. It goes quickly - and quickly wants out. In general, the size of the market is so small (20% of Microsoft Corp) that any flood, positive or negative, shakes it. However, this small size will definitely be growing. -Vi