Claire, agreed that a long drawn out Conflict... will be bad for the US Markets... However, I expect Asian and particularly Chinese stocks to perform very well, due to: - Confirmed entrance in the WTO, that should progressively reduce Tariffs by some 17%... - Huge consummer market - 1.26 billion for China alone - with a high level of savings and great "needs"... - A high level of economic Growth: 7.5% on average for China, compared to negative Growth for most of the civilized nations... Gold miners should also do well in the short term and some of my Autralian mining stocks are finally showing some decent performances.... <A HREF="http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=dgd.ax&d=c&k=c4" target="_new">http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=dgd.ax&d=c&k=c4</A> JMHO, F. Goelo + + +