Japanese Banks: Remember, Remember, the Thrift of November
Japanese people are renowned for their thrift. Even when deposit interest rates are zero they continue to save. But there is little the banks can...
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Japanese Bank Lending: Losing Momentum
Loan balances have eased back to May levels, with much of the increase in lending by the major banks in March-June reversing between July and...
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Japan – Economic Strength, Bank Relief
The latest quarter GDP was revised upward slightly. Banks with the highest credit costs or delta in credit costs during the current year, may have...
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Asia Short Interest Weekly: Tencent, Want Want, Showa Denko, NBF, LG Chem, AmoreCorp, Pegatron
The Asia short report highlights large movements in weekly short interest across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan to be used as an input in trading...
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Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP): Anything But Consistent
Despite outperforming all of the major banks this year, MHFG’s lack of consistency, either in profit generation or management execution, makes this...
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