Patience always has its limits. We are now watching how the market patiently walks on edge. At last week's closing, the rupiah fell to Rp13,290 per US dollar, its lowest point since the 1998 Asian Crisis. The Jakarta Composite Index ended at 5,100, down 2.62 percent, in only a week.

People on the street and market players are both asking the same question: where will we end up? Meanwhile, there are no signs that this downward trend will soon reco