iShares MSCI Japan Index
From ETF Channel Staff: Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ”shares” investors are actually buying and selling ”units”. These ”units” can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding […]
From ETF Channel Staff: Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ”shares” investors are actually buying and selling ”units”. These ”units” can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding […]
From Chris Kimble: While stock indices in Asia and Emerging markets have been very weak this year, Japan is reflecting relative strength compared to them (down a good deal less).
From Tyler Durden: Remember when a 0.2% drop in the stock market was considered large enough to merit central bank intervention?
From BlackRock: As Russ Koesterich notes, in a world with few bargains, one stands out: Asia.
From Invesco: Japan has been a market where investors have been buying growth at all costs, and the opportunity set remains limited from a valuation perspective, in our view.
From Tyler Durden: While a day doesn’t go by when the US Treasury yield curve’s plunge is not discussed (and its flattening again today).
From BlackRock: Richard Turnill explains what’s behind the decision of downgrading our two lowest-conviction equity markets.
From Chris Kimble: Could major indices in the states be impacted by what happens in Japan over the next couple of months? Sure could!
From Tyler Durden: The Yen is weaker following The BOJ’s decision (with one dissent) to leave policy rates unchanged and maintain their JGB holdings target.
From Zacks: Japan’s stocks are back in the limelight following a two-month selloff. Its stock exchange Nikkei 225 has been the best-performing in Asia since late March, per Bloomberg. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average has advanced about 9% since March 23.
From Zacks: Japan’s inflation ticked down in March. Although economists say the slowdown does not indicate a reversal in trend, the reading is still far from the 2% target.
From Zacks: This year so far has been marked by ups and downs over fears of aggressive tightening by the Fed and trade disputes between the United States and the rest of the world, primarily China.
From Tyler Durden: For a brief period, it seemed that the Moritomo Gakuen scandal which first swept through the Abe administration in March 2017 and re-emerged one month ago, was about to fade away.
From Tyler Durden: It’s not looking good for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: with his ratings plunging amid a suspected cronyism scandal and cover-up.