From: Ellen K. 

Sorry, but simplistic doesn't do the job when the objective is to make
money investing.  Some US stocks are good values, some are poor values,
some stocks in other countries are good values, some are poor values. If
the objective is to make money investing, pick the good values regardless
of where the company is headquartered.


On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:55:35 +0000, Adam
 wrote in message
:

>Ellen K. wrote:
>
>> 1.  CNBC reported as follows:
>>
>>
>>>The Dow Jones industrials were down 67 points on the day on Friday and
finished 0.61% lower for all of 2005. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index
had a stronger finish for the year -- up exactly about 3% and its third
straight annual gain. The Nasdaq Composite, down nearly 13 points on the
day, closed up just 1.37% for the year.
>>
>>
>> 2.  Today's economy is global.  Anybody with a brain invests globally.
>> Go where the value is.
>>
>
>Oh indeed however the right wing here has been trumpting how wonderfull
>the US is economically vs say Germany & Japan etc. & yet it would appear
>the US is the worst place to invest at the mo (out of the major econs).
>
>Adam
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:30:35 +0000, Adam
>> <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge"> wrote in
>> message :
>>
>>
>>>http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C01%5Cstory_1-1-200
6_pg5_27
>>>
>>>Japan, Germany, UK etc....40% growth, 20'es% growth etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>Dow Jones?
>>>
>>>Other US indexes?
>>>
>>>"Frankfurt’s DAX 30 has hit the highest levels for almost four years
>>>during 2005, while Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei-225 index has soared by
>>>about 40 percent over the year to strike a five-year high. US indexes
>>>saw single-digit percentage gains. Next year will see “continual decent
>>>gains” in stock markets, according to Barclays Stockbrokers’ Hilary Cook.
>>>
>>>“When the world’s second-largest economy (Japan) has decided to wake up,
>>>and when the world’s third-largest economy (Germany) has decided to wake
>>>up, you can feel quite optimistic about life because America has done an
>>>awful lot of the running and cannot do it forever,” she said. Owing to
>>>growing optimism over the Japanese economy and a softer yen, Japanese
>>>share prices soared higher in 2005, with Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei-225
>>>index near the key psychological 16,000 points level just
before Christmas.
>>>
>>>Eurozone growth, meanwhile, is gaining momentum amid
>>>stronger-than-expected economic activity in Germany, the biggest economy
>>>in the 12-nation single currency area, the European Commission said
>>>earlier this month.
>>>
>>>“Germany and Japan can drag the rest of the world along with them,” Cook
>>>added. “Japan’s partly being driven along by China and partly by
>>>internal structural reform. It is very good news.”
>>>
>>>Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch analysts said that US equity markets would
>>>“continue to perform well next year” with high single-digit returns.
>>>“The overall trend of foreign equity markets outperforming the US
>>>remains intact,” they added, noting, “Japan and emerging Asia should be
>>>top performers next year”.
>>>
>>>Mike Lenhoff, chief strategist at Brewin Dolphin Securities, predicted
>>>that by end-2006, the Standard and Poor’s 500 would reach 1,375 points,
>>>while London’s FTSE 100 index of leading shares would hit 6,100 points,
>>>
>>>Wall Street’s broad-market S and P’s 500 index has gained around 4.48
>>>percent this year, since the same stage in 2004.
>>>
>>>Back in London, the FTSE 100 last Friday hit 5,608.2 points — the
>>>highest level since July 2001.
>>>
>>>The index has risen by about 17.0 percent from a year earlier, while
>>>Frankfurt’s DAX 30 has won some 27 percent and in Paris the CAC 40 has
>>>jumped approximately 25 percent."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Adam
>>
>>

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