Another day, another blog. I have hopes that this time my system will not crash and force me to start all over again. The real problem is that my writing program is no longer saving what I have written, trying to force me to use Microsoft. While I own its shares I don't like its pushing its products on-line.

What yesterday's late blog omitted because I was running out of time was the excellent showing of our Japanese stock holdings. We have a modest number of shares traded in Tokyo, in part because our reporter there, an American, is very cautious. Despite this no fewer than 4 of our holdings gained substantially on Tuesday. Under our new policy of not distributing stock information to non-subscribers,this list is not being posted except for people who have paid.

The rest of you will just have to sign up when our techies have completed the restoration of the www.global-investing.com website, complete with a credit card payment system. For now, if you want to join at the cheaper level of prior years, you can send a check made out to Agorot Ltd d/b/a Global Investing, my company, for $499 for two years, with the right to cancel after 90 days. The checks should be mailed to Vivian Lewis, 35 Sutton Place, New York NY 10022, which is the building where I live and work. There will be no new 2-year subs available with the new site because of the rules by the credit card company.

Welcome abroad.