I can answer the first question now with confidence: Yes!

We're not really interested in getting rich. The point is, and has always been, to endow the customer and ourselves with a sense of physical well-being.

No one paid the least attention, or else they told us to give it up.

Last week, beside a sell-off in the 30 shares being excluded, there was broad, index-based selling to make way for the more expensive shares coming in. Now the market figures it was overdone.

I do not think China will take the bold course of doing that. But this persistent speculation could encourage Middle Eastern and other Asian nations to race to diversify their dollar holdings.

The expectations are fluctuating day by day, so there's no clear direction at the moment.