Japanese Regional Banks: An Old Chestnut Reappears
A curious thing happened on Friday. The Japanese Topix Index fell almost 1%, reflecting overnight weakness on Wall Street, but the banking sector...
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Bank of Kochi (8416 JP): Harbinger
An obscure little secondary regional bank from Shikoku with notably low performance ratios, Bank Of Kochi (8416 JP) should be on nobody’s ‘must...
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First Bank of Toyama (7184 JP): Never Say Never (Again)
Next in line to confess their sins after Michinoku Bank (8350 JP) (see our Insight Michinoku Bank (8350 JP): Clipped by a Synthetic Hedge ) and...
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Japan Banks – Unloved for Many Reasons
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) offers negative interest rates on monies deposited. Japan’s banks are largely wholesale, with lumpy corporate loans and in...
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