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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (8765)	11/23/1998 11:56:00 AM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 42834

Actually, Japan was using inflated stock/realestate to finance buying America... Got their loans called and had to sell performing assets to raise cash. They sold the only assets that would bring a good price close to what they paid, in my opinion.... Sort of reminds me of AOL buying Netscape.... <grin> A wise investor will really think about this and see if there are any parallels if and when the internut frenzy subsides. I wrote some more on this frenzy at suite101.com and plan to add to it when time permits. regards

To: Diamond Jim who wrote (8765)	11/23/1998 11:56:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Jim, >>>when Japan was buying America, did Japan try to cure our economic woes ?<<< No, but what's your point? Mine was just that a world leader's economic health can turn on a dime (well, not quite). I wasn't referring at all to who could, or should have bailed whom. That's all. Still, this country does see a need to step in, around the world, whether it's an economic or threat of war type crisis. All the other countries in the world worry about numero uno, pretty exclusively. Tony