Abe Under Pressure Amid Japan's Renewed Recession And Slide In Investor Confidence
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 5:39PM CST
Note: This article was originally published November 17, 2014. Fourth recession since global crisis GDP fell 0.4% in the three months to September, a far weaker drop than the 1.9% decline seen in the second quarter but nevertheless tipping...
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Why Japan's Money Printing Madness Matters
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 3:59PM CST
This is getting hard to believe. The announcement that Japan has plunged into a triple dip recession should have been lights out for Abenomics. But, no, its madman prime minister has now called a snap election to enlist more public support for his...
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Deflation Caused By Tax Hikes?
Shareholders Unite - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 10:07AM CST
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2 Top Ranked Japan ETFs to Ride Sales Tax Hike Delay - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Tue Nov 18, 9:00AM CST
These Japan ETFs should be top picks if the sales tax hike does not come soon.
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Japan Falls Into Recession
Brad McMillan - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 8:20AM CST
This article originally appeared on the Independent Observer Blog The big news Monday was that, after two consecutive quarters of declining growth, Japan has fallen into recession . The Japanese economy was down 1.6 percent in the third...
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Japan's Last Stand
Michael Pento - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 6:15AM CST
There is a popular American military term called a “last stand”, which is meant to describe a situation where a combat force attempts to hold a defensive position in the face of overwhelming odds. The defensive force usually sustains very...
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Abe delays sales tax hike until April 2017
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 4:29AM CST
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Abe to hold conference at 5:10 ET
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 3:45AM CST
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Wells: TKO is Tokyo as GDP contracts in Q3
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 2:58PM CST
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Is Japan In Recession?
Scott Sumner - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 1:59PM CST
The media says yes . I say if Japan is in recession it’s time to redefine the term. Here is the Japanese unemployment rate over the past few years: The unemployment rate in Japan is currently 3.6%, one of the lowest figures in decades....
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3 Seemingly Crazy ETF Ideas
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 1:45PM CST
Japan has now registered two consecutive quarters of economic contraction - a persistent absence of growth that defines most recessions. For worse or for better, the world's third largest economy will simply commit additional electronic money...
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On The Dividend Payout Ratio Of Japanese Stocks
David Hunkar - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 10:35AM CST
In an article in September I wrote that the payout ratio of U.S. companies is on a long-term decline and is now less than 40%. The payout ratio for European companies is on an uptrend and has reached about 50%. Compared to U.S. and European...
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Nikkei tumbles as Japan slips into recession
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 2:19AM CST
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Abenomics 2.0 - Just What Are They Trying To Achieve?
Edward Hugh - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 2:02AM CST
The recent move by the Bank of Japan to take further measures to accelerate the rate at which it ramps up its balance sheet took almost everyone - market watchers included - completely by surprise. The consequence was reasonably predictable - the...
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Surprise contraction in Japanese GDP
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Nov 16, 7:06PM CST
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Are Single-Country ETFs Right for Your Investment Portfolio?
at The Street - Sat Nov 15, 6:00AM CST
ETF investors have a plethora of ways to access international exposure in their portfolios, from single-country sector funds to broad-based global indices.
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Shanghai Composite, Nikkei, Yuan And Yen
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 8:17AM CST
This Great Graphic was generated on Bloomberg . It show the performance of the Shanghai Composite (white line) and the Nikkei (yellow line) over the past six months. The performance has been indexed so as to help capture the relative performance. ...
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Nikkei hits another seven-year high on election report
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 3:07AM CST
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2 Countries For Old Bulls
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 12:35AM CST
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