That was the type of reaction that we were looking for from the Asia crisis...to have weakness in stocks at the same time you'd have strength in bonds.

Currencies have been very straight-forward beneficiaries of dollar weakness.

I think we're just buying off weakness, ... A lot of the gains we're seeing are related to index-related buying. People are bargain-hunting and taking advantage of the momentum.

The metals looked as though they were going to do well because of the dollar weakness, but they kind of fizzled out.

The metals looked as though they were going to do well because of the dollar weakness, but they kind of fizzled out,

Despite the Asian economic crisis, we continued to find opportunities in the Far East. We attribute the record results for the quarter and the fiscal year to strength in all of the firm's core businesses.