Japan Smallcap Dividend Wisdomtree (DFJ) 51.15 $DFJ
Japan soars on yen, machine orders data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Kuroda: Japan to grow 2% in fiscal 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 4:00AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
BOJ maintains stimulus, cuts price forecast
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 12:53AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
BOJ policymakers to gather for rate review
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 19, 1:03AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan approves record $814B budget
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 1:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan prepares record budget
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 10:39AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Nikkei leads Asian markets down
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:31AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
This Is Why Japan Will Never Recover
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:46PM CST
Here’s a cheery headline to start the week: Japan 2014 births fall to lowest on record but deaths rise . From the FT: Deaths outnumbered births in Japan last year by the widest margin on record, underscoring the scale of the challenge...
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Evaluating Several Japan ETFs
Stanford Chemist - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 1:10PM CST
DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Japan targets corporate tax cuts
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 1:19AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan approves $29B stimulus package
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 9:35AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Abe challenged by inflation, output data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 1:33AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan stimulus plan likely to be approved Saturday
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 6:42AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Asian stocks gain after Wall Street advance
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:52AM CST
EWH: 21.78 (+0.10), KBA: 45.53 (+0.31), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), DX: 8.34 (+0.01), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), EWHS: 26.51 (-0.27), JPP: 44.14 (unch), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), FCHI: 52.73 (+0.52), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), KWEB: 33.34 (+0.39), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), TAO: 21.60 (+0.15), ECNS: 44.71 (+0.36), QQQC: 22.20 (+0.17), HAO: 25.39 (+0.17), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), FHK: 40.34 (-0.09), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), PEK: 45.04 (+0.17), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), CNXT: 33.89 (+0.56), CQQQ: 36.39 (+0.41), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), CHNA: 35.95 (+0.47), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), KFYP: 63.62 (-1.18), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), CN: 34.87 (+0.34)
Japanese shares rise on upbeat Fed, new stimulus
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 1:01AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Abe wins big in snap election; Japan shares sink
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 1:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Economists Don't Even Know What Prosperity Is
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 5:01PM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Like the initial or preliminary GDP report in Japan for Q3, the first revision caught almost every economist totally the wrong way. Expectations were for upward re-figuring which should have been taken as a contrarian signal....
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan GDP worse than previously estimated
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 1:25AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Rising Sun?
Douglas Tengdin - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 8:05AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published on November 24, 2014 Is Japan in a recession? It is if you believe the most recent news. Japan ’ s economy contracted last quarter, after falling the quarter before that. Two successive quarters of...
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
The Bear's Lair: The Bearish Global Leading Indicator
Martin Hutchinson - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 7:25AM CST
Originally published on November 24, 2014 After an unexpected decline in the country's third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early election last week, while postponing implementation of a...
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan soars on yen, machine orders data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Kuroda: Japan to grow 2% in fiscal 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 4:00AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
BOJ maintains stimulus, cuts price forecast
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 12:53AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
BOJ policymakers to gather for rate review
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 19, 1:03AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan approves record $814B budget
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 1:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan prepares record budget
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 10:39AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Nikkei leads Asian markets down
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:31AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
This Is Why Japan Will Never Recover
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:46PM CST
Here’s a cheery headline to start the week: Japan 2014 births fall to lowest on record but deaths rise . From the FT: Deaths outnumbered births in Japan last year by the widest margin on record, underscoring the scale of the challenge...
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Evaluating Several Japan ETFs
Stanford Chemist - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 1:10PM CST
DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Japan targets corporate tax cuts
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 1:19AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan approves $29B stimulus package
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 9:35AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Abe challenged by inflation, output data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 1:33AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan stimulus plan likely to be approved Saturday
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 6:42AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Asian stocks gain after Wall Street advance
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:52AM CST
EWH: 21.78 (+0.10), KBA: 45.53 (+0.31), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), DX: 8.34 (+0.01), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), EWHS: 26.51 (-0.27), JPP: 44.14 (unch), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), FCHI: 52.73 (+0.52), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), KWEB: 33.34 (+0.39), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), TAO: 21.60 (+0.15), ECNS: 44.71 (+0.36), QQQC: 22.20 (+0.17), HAO: 25.39 (+0.17), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), FHK: 40.34 (-0.09), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), PEK: 45.04 (+0.17), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), CNXT: 33.89 (+0.56), CQQQ: 36.39 (+0.41), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), CHNA: 35.95 (+0.47), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), KFYP: 63.62 (-1.18), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), CN: 34.87 (+0.34)
Japanese shares rise on upbeat Fed, new stimulus
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 1:01AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Abe wins big in snap election; Japan shares sink
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 1:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Economists Don't Even Know What Prosperity Is
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 5:01PM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Like the initial or preliminary GDP report in Japan for Q3, the first revision caught almost every economist totally the wrong way. Expectations were for upward re-figuring which should have been taken as a contrarian signal....
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Japan GDP worse than previously estimated
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 08, 1:25AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Rising Sun?
Douglas Tengdin - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 8:05AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published on November 24, 2014 Is Japan in a recession? It is if you believe the most recent news. Japan ’ s economy contracted last quarter, after falling the quarter before that. Two successive quarters of...
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
The Bear's Lair: The Bearish Global Leading Indicator
Martin Hutchinson - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 7:25AM CST
Originally published on November 24, 2014 After an unexpected decline in the country's third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early election last week, while postponing implementation of a...
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
