2007 was a roller-coaster year – we closed the year with fears about the turmoil in the US property markets and banking crises. Yet these troubles may have led us to forget the tremendous growth registered last year. The Morgan-Stanley index for Asia Pacific was about 40% -- three times higher than the rest of the world. Will this year continue to be Asia 's year? Will property and stock markets in the region still do well, despite the projected inflation projected to hit us?

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The traditional wisdom in the financial markets has been “When the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.” For a long time, that has been true – reflecting America 's influential status as the world's biggest economy. But in recent years, economists have started to predict that China and India – with their tremendous economic growth – will challenge that role. And with that will come “decoupling” – where Asian stock markets will no longer follow the trend seen in the US and Europe – and will instead be able to strike out on their own. How likely is this set of scenario going to play out? Is it too soon to talk about decoupling? If so, is Asia still a good destination for our investment bucks? Our experts talk to us.