tsunami invesment oppurtinities?

[arabie]

I have always been interested in Indian and Asian markets as a long term prospect and the economic downfall caused by the natural disaster may open a cheap oppurinity to get in. The indexes and currencies should be decent investments, no? Also, anyone know how to find out who is going to earn the main reconstruction contracts including the manufacturors of supplies, etc.

I am not even a beginner investor, but think there has to be some long term benefits and oppuritinities here. What are your expert opinions?

[Aceshigh7]

Go to Ogrish.com and look at pictures of the hundreds of bloated corpses lying on the beach. Kind of puts this idea of using this as a catalyst for investment in perspective don't it?

[GeorgeF]

Indonesia fund (IF) is at all time highs, perhaps anticipating billions of disaster relief bucks.

India and Thailand were really not badly hit.

Sri Lanka: From the US if you have a full service broker you might be able to invest in something called John Knells.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=JKEHY.PK&d=t

The Tsunami is really not a big event economically. Even in Acheh Indonesia the mineral extraction businesses were not effected. The thing to remember is that the tsunami hit maybe for 1/2 mi inland, and had less effect on protected harbours. The basic fact is that subsistance fishing and even resort operations are not important businesses.

You might be able to go to those places an buy a property there, but that will take businesss skills in addition to money.

[RollaJ]

I hear many lost their radios, perhaps sirius is worth a shot

[sk8rdude12000]

im sorry but that is just wrong. How can u joke about a horror like that. Have u even considered donating money to the victims?

[RollaJ]

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im sorry but that is just wrong. How can u joke about a horror like that. Have u even considered donating money to the victims?

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Yes it was wrong but I am anti PC. I joke about whatever I find funny, and dont tell me you never made an anti PC joke.

And yes I have donated money to the cause, thanks for your concern

And..... I was working on a futures desk at a major wall st. firm when 9/11 went down. While the US equity mkt were not open, bonds, and ten years and globex (s&p, nasdaq) and dow futures were all trading. The phones were ringing OFF THE HOOK! One call in particular was our NYBOT clerk who said "They're closing the markets, we gotta get outta here a plane just hit the building"

[sk8rdude12000]

my appologies. I figured u to be something else but its understandable. I dont think it was even ur post that pissed me off but moreso the other posts then i just got pissed by urs. But its good to see u show concern as well about the situation in Asia

[Michael Davis]

I don't have anything to add here, but the people who jumped on you are way out of line.

-Michael

[Stone Face Jason]

you really need to go to church

[WarDekar]

Maybe you should go to hell

(I realize this is completely out of line, but so was the above comment, and every comment you have made in this thread. )