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At Close: Nov 17, 2025
Buffett Boosts Stakes in Japan: ETFs to Play
11:01am, Thursday, 28'th Aug 2025
Berkshire's higher stakes in Mitsubishi and Mitsui spark a rally in Japan's trading houses. ETFs like FJP, EWJV, DFJ, SCJ, FLJH are likely to benefit.
ETFs in Focus Amid Japan's Soaring Bond Yields
09:01am, Thursday, 29'th May 2025
Japan's bond market is causing ripples across global financial markets, with rising long-dated government bond yields threatening to trigger capital flight from the United States and unwind the popula
SCJ: Japanese Equities Look Intriguing
10:23am, Friday, 14'th Feb 2025
Japanese equities have underperformed globally since 2011. The MSCI Japan Small-Cap Index only outperformed the MSCI World Small Cap Index in four years since 2011. Japan's economy has faced significa
Japan In The Spotlight; Blockchain In AI's Shadow
10:30pm, Friday, 31'st Jan 2025
As the global private equity industry took tentative steps toward recovery in 2024, Japan raced ahead. The value of private equity investment in Japan jumped nearly 41% over the prior-year total in 20
Country Small-Cap ETFs
02:27pm, Tuesday, 20'th Aug 2024
India small-caps only recently took the lead on the US, with a big jump higher over the last 18 months or so. Small-caps in other countries have been poor options for US investors relative to owning s
BoJ Hikes By 25 Bps And Starts QT: Too Little Too Late, But In Right Direction To Prop Up The Plunging Yen
02:25pm, Wednesday, 31'st Jul 2024
The “real” policy rate is massively negative, with the new policy rate of 0.25% far below Core CPI of 2.6%. When QT reaches about ¥3 trillion per month in 2026, it would represent a reduction of
What's The Next Step For The Bank of Japan?
10:15am, Friday, 07'th Jun 2024
In March, the Bank of Japan abolished its 8-year-old negative interest rate policy, hiking rates for the first time in 17 years by raising its benchmark rate to 0-0.1%. To combat inflation while also
Mixed Japanese Data Supports BoJ's Policy Normalization
09:20am, Friday, 31'st May 2024
We'd rather downplay the weaker-than-expected manufacturing data and focus on a solid recovery in retail sales and a reacceleration in inflation, which will be welcomed by the Bank of Japan. Inflation
What Has Led To Japan's Come-Back?
09:15am, Wednesday, 22'nd May 2024
By end-April 2024, Japanese equities had outperformed the FTSE All-World index over 12 months and in the year to date. Japan has undertaken significant structural corporate reforms in recent years.
Weak Yen Unlikely To End Japan's Rally
10:40am, Monday, 13'th May 2024
A weak yen is unlikely to end the positive momentum in Japanese equities. The drivers of the recent rally remain, so we stay overweight Japanese stocks.
Can Japan's Stock Market Continue Its Record-Setting Run?
09:05am, Wednesday, 17'th Apr 2024
Japan's equity benchmark, the Nikkei 225 Index, has been on a tear in 2024, eclipsing its previous high set back in 1989. As of early April, the index is hovering near 40,000. Solid economic growth, a
Asia-Pacific Is Not Just China
12:30pm, Friday, 09'th Feb 2024
While the China macro story of ongoing transition is a headwind to the rest of Asia, there is more to the region's economic health than this.
Japan's Private Sector Returns To Growth At Start Of 2024, While Price Pressures Ease
11:05am, Wednesday, 24'th Jan 2024
Japan's Private Sector Returns To Growth At Start Of 2024, While Price Pressures Ease
Bank of Japan Opens The Door To Ending Negative Rates, But Timing Uncertainty Remains
11:38am, Tuesday, 23'rd Jan 2024
The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy today as widely expected. But the market is now paying attention to a more positive tone on the wage and inflation outlook, as well as an upgrade to the
Japan Flash PMI Eases To 50.0 To Signal Stalling Private Sector Activity In November
02:35am, Saturday, 25'th Nov 2023
Japan's private sector growth ground to a halt in November according to the latest flash PMI data, which is based on about 85%-90% of total PMI survey responses each month. This was mainly attributed
