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Central banks are often credited with saving the world with their aggressive monetary stimulus during the GFC in 2008. Japan offers compelling insights into the relationship between central bank balance sheets, money supply, and inflation. Some investors are betting on inflation t...
Markets tend to mean revert. For that reason, I think it would be prudent to consider selling some (expensive) American equities and buying some (cheaper) Japanese equities. Japanese underperformance is about a decade old, and I think it will mean revert over the next decade on the ba...
Japanese equities are appealing from a valuation standpoint as compared to U.S. equities. The Japanese yen, meanwhile, has started to rebound, and this rebound might continue given that positioning has been quite bearish recently. U.S. equities look expensive; a pullback might occ...
The Bank of Japan has implemented strict yield curve control in the 2-10-year area of the JGB curve since 2016, in an attempt to prevent financial conditions from tightening and to boost Japanese inflation to 2%. Other government yield curves, where central banks have not targeted any...
The first quarter of 2021 brought what the Asset Allocation Committee expected, and as it looks to the next six to 12 months, it faces two questions. Do we think the economy will overheat, pushing bond yields to levels that unsettle equity markets or even force central banks to stifle...
Conditions in the U.S. stock market resemble the late stages of Japan's 1980s bubble, suggesting that the lessons provided by the Japanese experience may apply today in the U.S. From its peak in 1989, the Nikkei lost 17% in just 9 weeks, 30% in 14 weeks, and 49% in 40 weeks, wiping ou...
Digitalization goes beyond the implementation of technology; it's about driving deep change to entire business models. Digitalization is critical to ensuring Japan's productivity when much of the population is out of the labor force. In the West, we use online communities to find ...
Global PMI highest since August 2014. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services boosted by easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Consumer services show signs of steadying after steep downturn. US leads upturn, Brazil lags. For further details see:...
Strong global manufacturing production reported in March, but growth stymied by supply constraints. Rising backlogs of work hint at further robust expansion in second quarter. But inflation concerns are fanned by record rise in factory gate prices. For further details see: ...
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ), an exchange traded fund that focuses on large-cap Japanese equities, is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than the SPDR S&P Trust ETF (SPY). Japanese companies have been more profitable than U.S. corporations in recent years, and analysts exp...
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WisdomTree Chief Investment Officer Jeremy Schwartz spoke with Benzinga about the unparalleled potential nestled within Japan’s economic lan...
2024-04-11 08:42:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-03-12 07:16:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...