GEOPOLITICAL RISK GOLD CRUDE OIL

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Its still my opinion that in five to ten years Russia will equal
the United States in both military & economy as a superpower,
and China will have done an U.S.S.R. type collapse.

I'am clueless on the resources like minerals and oil China has,
but it seems Russia has huge untapped quantities of these
and only needs the o.k. from the central government to allow
outside help to enter and develope and place into full production
what might end up being the biggest world producer in many
of the needed base and precious metals, and oil, such that
Russia controls supply enough to determine the world's prices.

The question of risk for investors outside and inside Russia
is to me already answered in that like all successful businesses
good planning and control is needed to satisfy investors and the
market customers, and yes Russia now has in place what it takes
to deliver on this. China has just the opposite and will collapse.

A SENSE OF ASIA
A tale of two banking systems
http://216.26.163.62/2002/s10_07.html
By Sol Sanders
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
October 9, 2002
It reminds one of that old favorite animated cartoon device:
the dog chases the cat over the cliff but neither falls until
one looks down and sees that there is nothing under them...
The banking systems in both Japan and China have reached
that stage. In Japan, the banks nonperforming debt is seen...
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Si's Doug AK
gotmilk & skunk cabbage, no Zurnip or Krispy Kreme