From: Adam 

Ellen K. wrote:

> 1.  CNBC reported as follows:
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>>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.
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> 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 :
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>>http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C01%5Cstory_1-1-2006
_pg5_27
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>>Japan, Germany, UK etc....40% growth, 20'es% growth etc.
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>>
>>Dow Jones?
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>>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."
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>>Adam
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