FUND VIEW-Nikkei can go higher despite firm yen -Navellier

By Daniel Hauck

TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Nikkei average can gain another 10 percent by the end of 2003 as foreign investors who helped pull the stock index up from 20-year lows become confident Japan is finally getting to grips with deflation and banking problems.

That's what Jim O'Leary, portfolio manager at Navellier & Associates of the United States, sees on the horizon, even though the firm yen recently helped bring to a halt a 23-week run of net buying of ...