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Japan rises on export data; Nintendo soars
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 5:23AM CDT
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Abenomics And The J-Curve
David Kotok - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 3:50AM CDT
By Bill Witherell, Chief Global Economist The global economy has been experiencing very substantial moves in exchange rates. The likely effects of these changes in the relative value of national currencies on the respective economies are an...
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Monetary policy around the world
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 1:30AM CDT
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), AUSE: 56.14 (+1.88), KROO: 16.19 (+0.48), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), EWAS: 18.20 (+0.47), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EWA: 23.93 (+0.69), FAUS: 30.37 (+0.28), QAUS: 55.41 (+1.56), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Nikkei Shreds 19,000 Mark; Japan Economy Still Frail
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Mar 13, 6:05PM CDT
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 Index on Friday punched through the 19,000 mark for the first time in 15 years. The 1.4% gain put the index ahead 10.4% so far this year, and up 32.4% from mid-October, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began...
NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41)
Nikkei closes at 15-year high, breaches 19,000 mark
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DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Nikkei passes 19K, reaches new 15-year high
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JYN: 47.40 (-0.75), DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), TM: 143.09 (+2.99), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), YCL: 13.95 (+0.18), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
Asian shares lower following U.S. jobs report
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EWH: 21.45 (-0.02), KBA: 51.83 (+1.05), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), CHXF: 53.25 (-0.02), DX: 8.49 (+0.18), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), EWHS: 26.67 (-0.14), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), ASHR: 40.53 (+0.83), FCHI: 53.39 (+0.31), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45), ASHS: 46.11 (+0.93), XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), KWEB: 33.31 (+0.62), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), TAO: 20.88 (+0.01), ECNS: 46.38 (+0.73), QQQC: 22.10 (+0.39), HAO: 25.72 (+0.13), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), FHK: 41.31 (-0.18), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), PEK: 51.17 (+1.13), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), CNXT: 40.95 (+1.27), CQQQ: 37.62 (+0.42), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), FCA: 23.29 (+0.19), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), CHNA: 39.22 (+0.99), CHIX: 15.82 (+0.15), KFYP: 63.80 (unch), CHIM: 14.91 (unch), CHIQ: 13.13 (+0.14), CHIE: 13.14 (+0.04), CHII: 14.15 (unch), CN: 37.41 (unch)
All Eyes Are On The BOJ
Richard Solomon - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 7:07AM CDT
Originally published here . The Bank of Singapore's Chief Economist Richard Jerram doesn't fault the Bank of Japan for the jam it is in. That, he says, is the result of 20 years of policy mismanagement. The BOJ is 'doing whatever it takes' to end...
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Investor Sentiment Sours From U.S. Equities Towards Eurozone And Japan
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 9:00AM CST
Data from Markit on exchange traded funds reveal investor appetite moving with divergent outlooks for central bank policy. The sharpest outflows of funds exposed to US equities for six years suggest investors are worried about the impact of tighter...
ULE: 15.74 (+0.44), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), URR: 17.25 (+0.55), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), EUO: 26.67 (-0.88), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), ERO: 41.04 (+0.73), DRR: 62.18 (-1.82), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), SBEU: 25.31 (-0.10), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EUFX: 44.64 (-0.66)
BOJ's Kiuchi challenges growth projections, stimulus effect
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JYN: 47.40 (-0.75), JGBL: 21.48 (-0.39), DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), JGBT: 26.07 (+0.16), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), JGBS: 18.17 (+0.02), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), YCL: 13.95 (+0.18), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), JGBB: 49.31 (-0.03), JGBD: 14.88 (-0.22)
Japan Emerges From Recession
FX Analyst - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 2:47PM CST
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Japan's output soars; retails sales, inflation slows
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DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
EuroGroup - Money For Nothing And Your Debt For Free?
Edward Hugh - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:29AM CST
There's an interesting question about "analysis" which confronts anyone who seriously wants to engage in it: do you organize your focus around what you want to happen (practical policy emphasis) or do you concentrate your efforts in...
FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), SBEU: 25.31 (-0.10), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
The Pigou Effect
Macronomics - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 11:09AM CST
"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational." - Hugh Mackay, Australian scientist While continuously following the evolution of the Euro convolution, with the temporary...
FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), SBEU: 25.31 (-0.10), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
Good News Overseas
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 6:10AM CST
The outlook for Europe has improved significantly in the past month or so, a fact that still seems to be flying under the mainstream media's radar. On balance, the outlook for the global economy continues to improve. Very good news. (click to...
BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32)
A New Secular Bull Market?
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 6:46AM CST
There is an ongoing debate about the character of the current bull market in US stocks. There is a contingent that believes that this is a new secular bull market, one that is driven by factors that will last many years or decades. The counter to...
JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
Nikkei hits fresh 15-year high
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DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Japanese Factories Report Stronger Exports, But Selling Prices Fall Amid Weak Domestic Demand
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 22, 4:16AM CST
Having lifted out of recession late last year, Japan's economy looks to have continued to expand in the first quarter so far, according to flash PMI survey data. However, growth remains weak and too dependent on exports, buoyed in turn by the yen's...
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Japan shares hit 15-year high on export data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 1:05AM CST
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Japan's Positive GDP
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 4:13AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Japan's GDP grew by 2.2% in Q4 but that was far less than the 3.7% expected by economists. As a whole, consumer spending and business investment remained quite weak, "unexpectedly" so, confounding interpretations that...
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Japan rises on export data; Nintendo soars
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 5:23AM CDT
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Abenomics And The J-Curve
David Kotok - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 3:50AM CDT
By Bill Witherell, Chief Global Economist The global economy has been experiencing very substantial moves in exchange rates. The likely effects of these changes in the relative value of national currencies on the respective economies are an...
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Monetary policy around the world
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 1:30AM CDT
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), AUSE: 56.14 (+1.88), KROO: 16.19 (+0.48), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), EWAS: 18.20 (+0.47), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EWA: 23.93 (+0.69), FAUS: 30.37 (+0.28), QAUS: 55.41 (+1.56), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Nikkei Shreds 19,000 Mark; Japan Economy Still Frail
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Mar 13, 6:05PM CDT
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 Index on Friday punched through the 19,000 mark for the first time in 15 years. The 1.4% gain put the index ahead 10.4% so far this year, and up 32.4% from mid-October, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began...
NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41)
Nikkei closes at 15-year high, breaches 19,000 mark
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 3:27AM CDT
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Nikkei passes 19K, reaches new 15-year high
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 7:56PM CDT
JYN: 47.40 (-0.75), DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), TM: 143.09 (+2.99), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), YCL: 13.95 (+0.18), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
Asian shares lower following U.S. jobs report
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 1:20AM CDT
EWH: 21.45 (-0.02), KBA: 51.83 (+1.05), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), CHXF: 53.25 (-0.02), DX: 8.49 (+0.18), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), EWHS: 26.67 (-0.14), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), ASHR: 40.53 (+0.83), FCHI: 53.39 (+0.31), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45), ASHS: 46.11 (+0.93), XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), KWEB: 33.31 (+0.62), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), TAO: 20.88 (+0.01), ECNS: 46.38 (+0.73), QQQC: 22.10 (+0.39), HAO: 25.72 (+0.13), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), FHK: 41.31 (-0.18), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), PEK: 51.17 (+1.13), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), CNXT: 40.95 (+1.27), CQQQ: 37.62 (+0.42), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), FCA: 23.29 (+0.19), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), CHNA: 39.22 (+0.99), CHIX: 15.82 (+0.15), KFYP: 63.80 (unch), CHIM: 14.91 (unch), CHIQ: 13.13 (+0.14), CHIE: 13.14 (+0.04), CHII: 14.15 (unch), CN: 37.41 (unch)
All Eyes Are On The BOJ
Richard Solomon - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 7:07AM CDT
Originally published here . The Bank of Singapore's Chief Economist Richard Jerram doesn't fault the Bank of Japan for the jam it is in. That, he says, is the result of 20 years of policy mismanagement. The BOJ is 'doing whatever it takes' to end...
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Investor Sentiment Sours From U.S. Equities Towards Eurozone And Japan
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 9:00AM CST
Data from Markit on exchange traded funds reveal investor appetite moving with divergent outlooks for central bank policy. The sharpest outflows of funds exposed to US equities for six years suggest investors are worried about the impact of tighter...
ULE: 15.74 (+0.44), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), URR: 17.25 (+0.55), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), EUO: 26.67 (-0.88), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), ERO: 41.04 (+0.73), DRR: 62.18 (-1.82), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), SBEU: 25.31 (-0.10), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EUFX: 44.64 (-0.66)
BOJ's Kiuchi challenges growth projections, stimulus effect
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 4:05AM CST
JYN: 47.40 (-0.75), JGBL: 21.48 (-0.39), DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), JGBT: 26.07 (+0.16), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), JGBS: 18.17 (+0.02), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), YCL: 13.95 (+0.18), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), JGBB: 49.31 (-0.03), JGBD: 14.88 (-0.22)
Japan Emerges From Recession
FX Analyst - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 2:47PM CST
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Japan's output soars; retails sales, inflation slows
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 1:05AM CST
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
EuroGroup - Money For Nothing And Your Debt For Free?
Edward Hugh - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:29AM CST
There's an interesting question about "analysis" which confronts anyone who seriously wants to engage in it: do you organize your focus around what you want to happen (practical policy emphasis) or do you concentrate your efforts in...
FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), SBEU: 25.31 (-0.10), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
The Pigou Effect
Macronomics - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 11:09AM CST
"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational." - Hugh Mackay, Australian scientist While continuously following the evolution of the Euro convolution, with the temporary...
FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), SBEU: 25.31 (-0.10), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
Good News Overseas
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 6:10AM CST
The outlook for Europe has improved significantly in the past month or so, a fact that still seems to be flying under the mainstream media's radar. On balance, the outlook for the global economy continues to improve. Very good news. (click to...
BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32)
A New Secular Bull Market?
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 6:46AM CST
There is an ongoing debate about the character of the current bull market in US stocks. There is a contingent that believes that this is a new secular bull market, one that is driven by factors that will last many years or decades. The counter to...
JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48)
Nikkei hits fresh 15-year high
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 2:03AM CST
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Japanese Factories Report Stronger Exports, But Selling Prices Fall Amid Weak Domestic Demand
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 22, 4:16AM CST
Having lifted out of recession late last year, Japan's economy looks to have continued to expand in the first quarter so far, according to flash PMI survey data. However, growth remains weak and too dependent on exports, buoyed in turn by the yen's...
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Japan shares hit 15-year high on export data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 1:05AM CST
DXJF: 27.32 (+0.31), JPMV: 57.67 (+0.61), DXJH: 31.30 (+0.40), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), SCJ: 57.45 (+0.80), JSC: 52.70 (+0.84), DFJ: 54.84 (+0.83), DXJS: 34.39 (+0.42), DXJR: 28.00 (+0.09), DXJT: 30.21 (+0.32), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), QJPN: 66.59 (+0.89), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), DXJC: 28.45 (+0.13)
Japan's Positive GDP
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 4:13AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Japan's GDP grew by 2.2% in Q4 but that was far less than the 3.7% expected by economists. As a whole, consumer spending and business investment remained quite weak, "unexpectedly" so, confounding interpretations that...
EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), FJP: 50.61 (+0.48), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
