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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby winston » Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:33 am

A huge 113,000% rise in seven years – and plenty of upside ahead

by Dr. Steve Sjuggerud

Since the end of 2010, Japan’s central bank has increased its holdings of Japanese exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by 113,000%.

The Japanese central bank now owns more than 16 trillion yen worth of Japanese ETFs. (That works out to about $140 billion in U.S. dollars.)

This year alone, the Japanese government has added $46 billion in ETFs to its portfolio – and we still have two months of data left to report for the year.


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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby behappyalways » Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:12 pm

Japan's Emperor Akihito to abdicate in April 2019
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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby winston » Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:40 pm

Japan may be the next great frontier for investors

by Tom Lydon

1. iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEArca: EWJ)

2. Xtrackers Japan JPX-Nikkei 400 Equity ETF (NYSE: JPN). The central bank previously stated it would target Japan-listed ETFs that track the JPX-Nikkei 400 Index.

3. Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF (NYSEArca: DBJP)


Deutsche Bank recently upgraded the Japanese market form its previous neutral stance due to corporate structural reforms, rising return on equity, reduced cash hoards and increased dividends.


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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby winston » Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:49 pm

Bank of Japan's $150 Billion ETF Binge Looks Likely to Slow Next Year

By Min Jeong Lee and Emi Urabe

BOJ will cut annual target by a third, UBS and Daiwa SB say
Bank currently aims to spend $53 billion a year on ETFs

From the current 6 trillion yen ($53 billion) pa, to four trillion yen.


The central bank had spent $150 billion on Japanese ETFs as of Dec. 8.

It owned 74 percent of the market at the end of October, up from 65 percent a year earlier,


Source: Bloomberg

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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby behappyalways » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:36 pm

Japanese elementary school kids will choose 2020 Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics mascots
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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby behappyalways » Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:54 pm

Japan Still Beating China in Southeast Asia Infrastructure Race
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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby winston » Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:38 am

4 Reasons Why You Should Look at Japan ETFs Now

by Sanghamitra Saha

1. Pickup in Inflation?
2. Improving Corporate Earnings
3. Cheaper Valuation
4. Cash Piles


1. iShares MSCI Japan ETF EWJ
2. CurrencyShares Japanese Yen ETF FXY
3. WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund DXJ
4. iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF SCJ


ETFs to buy:-
1. First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund FJP
2. Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity ETF GSJY
3. Deutsche X-trackers Japan JPX-Nikkei 400 Equity ETF JPN
4. Franklin FTSE Japan ETF FLJP and
5. WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend DFJ.


Source: Zacks

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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby winston » Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:13 pm

Bank of Japan Will Think About Stimulus Exit Around April 2019: Kuroda

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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby behappyalways » Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:44 am

The Stock Market Where Fundamental Research Goes Out the Window
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Re: Japan 05 (Apr 15 - Jun 17)

Postby winston » Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:02 pm

Goldman Cuts Japan Equity Forecasts as Foreign Investors Flee

Obstacles are piling up in Japan, everything from political scandal to a rising yen. Foreign investors are fleeing and now Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says its forecasts for stocks were too high.

The brokerage lowered its three-month target for the Topix gauge by 5.6 percent to 1,700, implying a slight decline from its current level. Goldman also reduced its six-month and 12-month targets 2.7 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, to 1,800 and 1,950. The index closed at 1,817.56 points last year.

Foreign investors yanked 8.2 trillion yen out of Japanese stocks in the first three months of the year, mainly from futures, due to uncertainty surrounding domestic politics, a rising yen, global trade concerns and mixed macroeconomic data, according to Goldman.

“These headwinds will cap the upside for Japanese equities,” strategists led by Kathy Matsui wrote in a note dated March 29.

Matsui still expects a medium-term recovery for the Topix, which is down more than 5 percent this year. Goldman sees “limited” downside risk as the market has priced in the possibility of a 10 percent drop in earnings per share in fiscal 2018, whereas Goldman sees growth of 2.5 percent.

There is one caveat: the exchange rate would have to stay around the 105 yen-per-dollar mark.

The yen surged to a 16-month high against the dollar last month as the U.S. and China slapped new tariffs on each others’ products.

At home, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support rating slipped against the backdrop of a cronyism scandal involving the sale of government land to a school with alleged ties to the premier.

Source: Bloomberg

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