Current sample:  1994:1 to 1998:12

                  TOPIX      MORINAGA          SONY        NOMURA 
 1994:1         5.05493      11.62356      14.50348      25.93516 
 1994:2         4.95034       1.58037       0.46985       2.55333 
 1994:3         1.49873      -3.36613      -8.98563     -10.16326 
 1994:4        -0.65511       0.89687      -1.55042       2.75247 
 1994:5         2.08179       4.70880       7.68324       9.07750 
 1994:6         2.52507       0.50977      -2.77116      -1.66671 
 1994:7        -1.85860      -3.44862      -3.02036      -7.41080 
 1994:8        -0.29323      -2.48681       4.00721       0.00000 
 1994:9        -3.62337       2.13531      -5.89893      -7.51527 
 1994:10       -0.52417       1.22486       2.57084      -0.98040 
 1994:11       -3.56783      -8.90688     -11.84178      -4.53478 
 1994:12       0.041282       3.18081       7.34275       6.48606 
 1995:1        -2.82448     -11.09007     -20.77755      -6.48606 
 1995:2        -5.20704      -7.03165      -8.87955     -14.98643 
 1995:3        -7.09135      -4.97840       3.50913      -3.03975 
 1995:4        -0.65756       7.59293      -2.56126       4.82021 
 1995:5        -0.17813      -5.98185      -3.84663     -11.19179 
 1995:6        -6.14295     -10.33331      -0.24540      -2.66682 
 1995:7         5.90135       6.13689      15.87033      13.85862 
 1995:8         6.66153       2.35305      11.28794      12.16969 
 1995:9         3.43848       0.00000      -3.81726       1.03628 
 1995:10       -0.28102      -0.93459     -11.09968      -3.67495 
 1995:11        0.52375       6.14528      16.03427       6.72087 
 1995:12        6.74704       6.61928      13.65361      11.77830 
 1996:1         3.79012       7.94068       5.65300       3.06370 
 1996:2        -0.30555      -2.70810      -6.13883      -7.14590 
 1996:3        -1.70701       4.97234       3.66575       8.43071 
 1996:4         6.74816       4.91455       6.21883      -3.02399 
 1996:5        -0.10739      -1.97316       1.02415     -11.12256 
 1996:6         0.90794      -0.72728       4.83048       4.78560 
 1996:7        -3.04728      -8.17169      -6.59264     -13.48674 
 1996:8        -3.41339      -4.04095       1.03170       1.06384 
 1996:9        -0.46295       4.04095       3.03272       8.12630 
 1996:10        0.54179      -0.59583      -2.88620      -8.65680 
 1996:11       -1.05085      -7.65627       6.51789       2.10534 
 1996:12       -4.24563      -5.07275       4.03280      -9.84401 
 1997:1        -8.63704      -3.92207       7.48606     -11.56302 
 1997:2         0.49883      -2.86416       6.27796       3.79792 
 1997:3        -0.96812      -1.70944      -0.69125     -16.14234 
 1997:4         0.21821       4.80862       6.59826       3.58461 
 1997:5         8.04495       3.46055       5.98604      -2.85734 
 1997:6         2.44895       4.21816       1.81823      13.53413 
 1997:7       -0.051040      -9.57451      16.65149       6.13689 
 1997:8        -3.26380     -11.12256     -11.67243      -4.87902 
 1997:9        -4.58569     -12.51631       8.22381      -1.89280 
 1997:10       -5.10444       2.98530     -13.20288     -11.46034 
 1997:11       -8.23737     -11.19179       8.71782      12.09526 
 1997:12       -2.63128     -26.59892       6.22423       9.64603 
 1998:1         0.64330      20.84438       0.85837      -2.32569 
 1998:2         4.65268       2.74931      -2.59755       2.32569 
 1998:3        -0.38042       3.00523      -0.88106     -10.28095 
 1998:4        -3.42746      -9.66268      -2.59988       2.82593 
 1998:5        -0.64363       4.94801       6.07849      -6.72253 
 1998:6        -1.91415       2.38512       2.11424       6.72253 
 1998:7         5.66289       2.00007       2.80546       4.24306 
 1998:8        -6.79847      -8.97153     -17.56716     -20.69548 
 1998:9        -8.16148      -0.72464      -8.28757     -33.50135 
 1998:10       -5.85446       2.15836     -24.87586     -10.76307 
 1998:11        8.33855      16.07380      19.68551      30.76518 
 1998:12       -0.43141       0.00000      -9.05491     -19.49321 


                          PLOT OF SONY     VERSUS TOPIX
                          =============================

 SONY        |---------------------------------------------------|
     19.686 -|                                                  *|
             |                         * *            *  *       |
             |                                             2     |
      8.545 -|**          *             *     *                  |
             |     *       *    * * * 2****        *       *   * |
             |       *       *    *  *** *     *      * *        |
     -2.595 -|               *    *   3* *     *  *  *           |
             |               **        *                         |
             | *        *    **       **    *                    |
    -13.736 -|          *                                        |
             |     *                                             |
             |                 *                                 |
    -24.876 -|        *                                          |
             |---------------------------------------------------| TOPIX
              |         |         |         |         |         |
          -8.637              -1.847               4.943
                    -5.242               1.548               8.339

                                TIME SERIES PLOT
                                ================

 SONY PLOTTED WITH +
 TOPIX PLOTTED WITH *


         MINIMUM                                           MAXIMUM
       -24.87586                                         19.68551
         |-+-------------------------------------------------+-|
 1994:1  |                                   *         +       |   
 1994:2  |                             +    *                  |   
 1994:3  |                   +           *                     |   
 1994:4  |                           +*                        |   
 1994:5  |                               *      +              |   
 1994:6  |                          +     *                    |   
 1994:7  |                          +*                         |   
 1994:8  |                             *   +                   |   
 1994:9  |                      +  *                           |   
 1994:10 |                            *   +                    |   
 1994:11 |                +        *                           |   
 1994:12 |                             *       +               |   
 1995:1  |      +                   *                          |   
 1995:2  |                   +   *                             |   
 1995:3  |                     *           +                   |   
 1995:4  |                          + *                        |   
 1995:5  |                         +   *                       |   
 1995:6  |                      *      +                       |   
 1995:7  |                                    *          +     |   
 1995:8  |                                    *     +          |   
 1995:9  |                         +       *                   |   
 1995:10 |                +            *                       |   
 1995:11 |                             *                 +     |   
 1995:12 |                                    *       +        |   
 1996:1  |                                 * +                 |   
 1996:2  |                      +      *                       |   
 1996:3  |                           *     +                   |   
 1996:4  |                                    2                | +*
 1996:5  |                             *+                      |   
 1996:6  |                              *   +                  |   
 1996:7  |                      +  *                           |   
 1996:8  |                         *    +                      |   
 1996:9  |                            *   +                    |   
 1996:10 |                          +   *                      |   
 1996:11 |                            *       +                |   
 1996:12 |                        *        +                   |   
 1997:1  |                   *                 +               |   
 1997:2  |                             *      +                |   
 1997:3  |                            2                        | +*
 1997:4  |                             *      +                |   
 1997:5  |                                    + *              |   
 1997:6  |                               +*                    |   
 1997:7  |                             *                  +    |   
 1997:8  |                +        *                           |   
 1997:9  |                        *             +              |   
 1997:10 |              +        *                             |   
 1997:11 |                    *                  +             |   
 1997:12 |                          *         +                |   
 1998:1  |                              2                      | +*
 1998:2  |                          +       *                  |   
 1998:3  |                            2                        | +*
 1998:4  |                         *+                          |   
 1998:5  |                            *       +                |   
 1998:6  |                           *   +                     |   
 1998:7  |                                +  *                 |   
 1998:8  |         +           *                               |   
 1998:9  |                    2                                | +*
 1998:10 | +                    *                              |   
 1998:11 |                                      *            + |   
 1998:12 |                   +        *                        |   
         |-+-------------------------------------------------+-|
       -24.87586                                         19.68551
         MINIMUM                                           MAXIMUM


                                      Equation   1
                                      ============

                       Method of estimation = Ordinary Least Squares


 Dependent variable: SONY
 Current sample:  1994:1 to 1998:12
 Number of observations:  60

        Mean of dep. var. = .668702      LM het. test = .658245 [.417]
   Std. dev. of dep. var. = 9.06180     Durbin-Watson = 2.29691 [.848,.903]
 Sum of squared residuals = 3793.99  Jarque-Bera test = .255908 [.880]
    Variance of residuals = 65.4137   Ramsey's RESET2 = 2.26555 [.138]
 Std. error of regression = 8.08787   F (zero slopes) = 16.0649 [.000]
                R-squared = .216903    Schwarz B.I.C. = 213.636
       Adjusted R-squared = .203402    Log likelihood = -209.541

            Estimated    Standard
 Variable  Coefficient     Error       t-statistic   P-value
 C         1.11726       1.05012       1.06393       [.292]
 TOPIX     1.01888       .254205       4.00811       [.000]

                          PLOT OF FIT      VERSUS SONY
                          ============================

 FIT         |---------------------------------------------------|
      9.613 -|                                   *              *|
             |                                   *     * *       |
             |                            *  *            * *    |
      5.289 -|                        **        *                |
             |                         *    *      *             |
             |                  *          *   *                 |
      0.965 -|               *  *  *  *2** * 2*  3*         **   |
             |                         * *  * *  *               |
             |     *         2     2   *   *     *               |
     -3.359 -|                                *    *             |
             |*            *    *         *                      |
             |        *                       *                  |
     -7.683 -|                   *                * *            |
             |---------------------------------------------------| SONY
              |         |         |         |         |         |
         -24.876              -7.051              10.773
                   -15.964               1.861              19.686