Continued brisk demand and the hope for capital gains has a lot of local developers looking for new types of financing arrangements.

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It would be nice, too, if small companies were in better shape, the yen not so strong, consumer demand more brisk, companies less concerned with paying off debt, and the whole economy not so dependent on exports to China.

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Brisk domestic demand is the main driver, which is why cyclical stocks, such as retailers, have done well.

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Retail demand has been particularly strong in Asian markets and seems likely to remain brisk for the rest of 2010.

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