Consumer Banks in Asia May Fare Better at a Time when Large Corporate Stresses Are Evident
There is plenty of corporate risk out there. We have seen this across several large economies in the way of meaningful corporate stress. In South...
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ANIMAL SPIRITS™ REPORT: Japan Equity Market Outlook - Escaping The Value Trap
Investment Conclusions We are currently "neutral" in our view on Japan in global developed market portfolios but "underweight" in our APAC...
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BoJ Tapped to Taper
In their policy meeting on September 20-21, the BoJ will be essentially admitting that they can no longer pursue 2% inflation rate target as...
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Japan Stock Market Seasonality - Late Q4 Is Indeed Good
Pelham Smithers came out with a worthwhile comment on the Q4 seasonality of Japanese markets. I agree with their assessment of being bullish Japan...
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Overcoming Deflation Is Not Enough Part II: Japanese Services
The under-performance of Japan's non-IT sector was our focus last time (see Japan Non-IT Industries: Overcoming Deflation Not Enough ), where we...
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