[HOT SECTORS. As a stock-picker, he likes Japanese banks, brokerages, and insurance companies.] Financials are a good way for investors to participate in a restructured and reflated Japan, ... There's a lot of potential for growth here. Japanese consumers are one of the most underserved communities of wealthy people on the planet. |
[Mark Headley, a portfolio manager for the Matthews funds, which specialize in foreign markets, says many U.S.-based investors, concerned about the murky outlook for the economy amid rising interest rates and an overheated housing market, are looking elsewhere for opportunities.] We're seeing a healthy diversification toward overseas markets, ... Americans have ignored (foreign markets) for too long. |
As a professional portfolio manager, we are staying far away from these companies. Just because something has China in its name doesn't mean the World Trade Organization deal is going to help them. |
Everybody just fled Asia in the second half of last year. People ran from Asia in great droves...A lot of high-quality companies were absurdly oversold. |
He's always going to be well-prepared mentally. He's not a big talker, but he's always ready to play. |
He's got good feet for that size. He's in good shape for a kid his size. He can run people down and catch them from behind (on defense). |
Higher interest rates in the U.S. were really strangling growth in Asia. |
I was far too cautious last year. |
I've been impressed with the government in certain cases, but these companies' inability to control their environment is very real, and this will keep the market very volatile. |
It is tough to see the yen weakening dramatically. And it's pretty easy to make a case for it continuing to go stronger. |
It's a real statement that despite Enron, (the terrorist attacks of) 9-11 and the recession in the U.S., Japan is having a worse time. But beyond the symbolism, it doesn't mean much. |
People are often not affected by a few negative days. If it goes on for a week, we'll see. |
There have been some bellwether events that have been pleasing to us as investors, and really [China] listing all of these state-owned banks and insurance companies has been inspiring. They've all managed to get out on the market, support relatively high P/E ratios, and they've had a great run in the last few months. |
This is a market that needed a correction. It just had this huge run since late spring that in many cases took the most expensive stocks and made them more expensive. |
This is downright nuts. These companies are not even on our radar screen. We don't even know what they are. I don't think anyone knows. |