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Subject: [Leica] Seen this?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Thu Jan 29 10:20:14 2009
References: <989154.45435.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <3cad89990901271848o511c9c45n8923b923b03fd08e@mail.gmail.com> <B44C4437-58B2-470A-ABEC-CCAF6FA3697B@btinternet.com> <3cad89990901280222w36c6876bi8ac1b0e3bf187270@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89990901281921k35c3d28cg955eec3679afd0c7@mail.gmail.com> <9b678e0901290622o425f4dd3n5f937222e10be7f5@mail.gmail.com>

Excellent analysis!


On Jan 29, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Don Dory wrote:

> You have to love the FT.  They have a somewhat long article from  
> George
> Soros today that explains a lot of why the financial markets are  
> tanking
> around the world.  I recommend this link highly.
>
> <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49b1654a-ed60-11dd-bd60-0000779fd2ac.html>
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj  
> <jayanand@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Frank,
>> Today's news:
>>
>> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9a83fc6-ed06-11dd-88f3-0000779fd2ac.html
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj  
>> <jayanand@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> The economy is retracting at a far quicker rate than other countries
>> right
>>> now. The main reason is that the strong yen has caused exports to
>> decrease
>>> at an alarming rate - even Toyota and Honda are doing dismally,  
>>> and the
>> less
>>> said about the likes of Sony the better. With demand constriction in
>> their
>>> major markets, i.e., USA and Europe, things dont look too good  
>>> for export
>>> led economies - China, Japan, South East Asia, etc. India is  
>>> slightly
>> better
>>> placed on this score as only 15% of our GDP comes from exports -  
>>> but we
>> have
>>> huge current account deficits which means you can do far less to  
>>> prime
>> the
>>> economy. The jury is out on who fares better.
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Frank Dernie <
>> Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jayanand,
>>>> is Japan crashing more???
>>>> I thought their only problems were due to their strengths, less
>> borrowing
>>>> etc. leads to their currency not devaluing as much as others,  
>>>> such as
>> the US
>>>> and UK which have both been living way beyond their earnings for  
>>>> years.
>>>> Surely their problem is that their profligate customers have  
>>>> stopped
>>>> spending other peoples money.
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>> On 28 Jan, 2009, at 02:48, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Usual marketing nonsense. I am not sure how many takers there  
>>>> would be
>> in
>>>>> current economic conditions, particularly as Japan is crashing  
>>>>> a bit
>> more
>>>>> than the rest of the world. I assume that this is squarely  
>>>>> aimed at the
>>>>> Japanese.
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Bill Clough  
>>>>> <bill_clough@yahoo.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  USA
>>>>>> TEXAS
>>>>>> VICTORIA
>>>>>> 27 January 2009
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HI there--
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Drool.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/special_editions/ 
>> leica_M8-2_safari/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --bc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>
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