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Focuses on the devaluation of several Asian currencies relative to the American dollar. Changes in the Thai baht relative to the dollar; Example of a loan taken out by a Thai cement company from Citibank, illustrating the impact of the devalued baht; Devaluation of the Korean won relative to the dollar; Potential problems for Western banks who have loaned money to Asian countries; Efforts of the International Monetary Fund to bail out Asian countries undergoing currency crises.

Announces the author's leaving the Christian Science Monitor to work with his spouse at her business that sells antique Chinese furniture and artifacts. Reference to Heiner Muller, the German playwright; Entrepreneurship.

Offers factors which indicate that inflation is ready to reappear in the United States in 1999. Starting salary at a Friendly's restaurant; Consumer spending; Decision of the Federal Reserve whether to raise interest rates.

Discusses uranium and its potential, as well as the European economy. How uranium can fuel a nuclear generator; Prediction that uranium would be of interest to investors; Active European stocks in 1998; How investing is not about short-term expectations; How the euro will probably measure up to its promise.

Focuses on business executive Bob Knowling and the part his mother played in making him a success. The importance of leadership in success; What makes a leader effective; How effective leaders define themselves.

Presents the author's thoughts on the 1999 Super Bowl, where the Denver Broncos competed against the Atlanta Falcons. Which the team the author wanted to see win; Beliefs regarding the connection between the Super Bowl and the United States stock market.

Introduces a series of articles regarding organization and time management for 1999.

Comments on oil prices in the United States as of December 1998. Memories of 1973 when gasoline was expensive and scarce; How the low oil and gasoline prices are expected to boost the economy; The creation of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust compared to the merger of Exxon and Mobil.

Comments on world economics and how local financial activity can affect other economies. The impact of interest rate cuts by United States Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan; The beginnings of a problem-solving structure for the global economy.

Presents various strategies related to investing in mutual funds in the United States. Importance of having a strategy which offers a defense against market slumps; Risks involved in investing in bond funds; Comments from fund manager Skip Varagh; Strategies of various mutual funds when investing. INSETS: Funds for bears.;The risk scale..

Examines the growth of the stock market during 1998 and the technique of dollar cost averaging. Definition of the technique; When to buy and when to sell; High-tech stock compared to other types of stock; Outlook.

Introduces articles that report mutual-fund results for the first three months of 1998. Stock market milestones; First quarter highlights.

Discusses the role that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah plays in the price of petroleum products in the late 1990s. Why prices might even go lower than what they are in March of 1998; Crown Prince Abdullah's desire to keep petroleum production at a certain level to insure that prices do not fall any lower; Companies which are not holding to the production levels of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); What the Crown Prince can do to keep oil prices from falling.

Contends that economic conditions in the United States in early 1998 are as good as they have ever been. Falling interest rates coupled with rising employment; How financial problems in Asia could impact the US; Why increased exports in Asia is good news for the US; How US banks in Asia are expected to perform.

Discusses the Asian financial crisis as of January 12, 1998. Efforts to correct the problem; Comparison to the economy in the United States; International financial bail-out package; Decision of Indonesian President Suharto; Impact on stock exchanges around the world.

Looks at the financial and economic situation for 1997. The number of record highs set by the Dow Jones Industrial Average; The volatility of Asian markets; The merger of WorldCom/MCI; The poor car sales, considering the bright economic picture.

Examines the 1997 economic crisis in Asia and South Korea and Japan, in particular, as countries that are important market allies of the United States. The inability of a free market to sustain inefficiency for long; The history of Asian struggles, beginning with the fall of the Malaysian market and continuing to the failure of Japan's Hokkaido Takushoku Bank; Figures and other details; Forecasts for the Tokyo stock market.