Showing posts with label Nikkei 225 Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nikkei 225 Index. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Japan Is Risking A Decline In Standards Of Living

“You either have babies, immigrants or declining standard of living. You have decided to have declining standard of living. If that’s what Japan wants, do it. Seventy-thousand immigrants a year for a country of 125 million people doesn’t solve the problem.” 

- in Japan Times

Related trading instruments: iShares MSCI Japan ETF(EWJ), Nikkei 225 Index

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Bullish On Japanese Stocks

I am still buying shares in Asia. China is down 40 percent from its all time highs, Japan is down 50 percent from its all time highs. The Japanese governent is doing everything it can to get stocks up.

Related trading instruments: iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Japan ETF(EWJ), Nikkei 225 Index

Monday, November 13, 2017

The Worst Financial Crisis In Our Lifetimes

We're going to have the worst financial crisis in our lifetimes because of the debt. There is no question that the debts are now staggering. We've never seen the likes in the world and in Japan they have zero interest rates, negative real interest  rates so if interest rates ever go up to 2%, it totally destroys Japan.

Related trading instruments: iShares MSCI Japan ETF(EWJ), Nikkei 225 Index

Friday, June 16, 2017

Investing In Russia, China and Japan

I'm investing in Russia and China and Japan. These are markets that are down 50 percent from their all-time highs, while the US markets are trading at all-time highs right now. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Japan ETF(EWJ), Nikkei 225 Index)

Monday, June 22, 2015

Japan: Stock Market Outlook

I am still long Japan, I would like to buy more if I find the right opportunity, the right thing. I think that Japan is going to turn into a bubble again. It has been 25 years since they had a bubble in Japan, so maybe they are overdue.

Prime Minister Abe and the head of the Central Bank seem determined to do whatever it takes to drive things higher. They said they will print, in their words, unlimited amounts of money, so I am afraid it will turn into a bubble but in any case, I am still buying.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Investing: How To Capitalize

The way you do succeed at anything is you look at a desperate situation, especially when it is cheap, or it is repressive and it is opening up. It is hard to do, it is like a stock that is cheap, nobody wants it but it is the best way to capitalize.

If you look at Asia for instance, 50 years ago, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, all were very, very repressive and now they are all vibrant, successful democracies.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Korea Will Be The Most Exciting Country In The World

Once reunification takes place, Korea will be the most exciting country in the world for a decade or two. Seventy five million people, right on the Chinese border, lots of cheap, disciplined, educated labor in the North, lots of natural resources in the North, huge amounts of capital and expertise in the South. I mean, this country will be a very exciting country, it will run circles around the Japanese which is why the Japanese are against all of this. There are plenty of people against it, but it is going to happen, just like it happened in Germany.

Related trading instruments: iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund ETF (EWY), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), Nikkei 225 Index

Sunday, January 11, 2015

U.S Stocks Vs. Japanese Stocks

The Japanese stock market is down 60 percent from its all time highs. The U.S. stock market is making all time highs. The Japanese stock market is certainly cheaper on an historical basis, on an absolute basis, on a relative basis. You have to be worried about the currency. You have to understand the currency because it is being destroyed. But if you hedge your positions, you might make some money.

Related trading instruments: Nikkei 225 Index, USDJPY forex cross;

Friday, January 9, 2015

Bullish on Japanese Stocks

I own Japanese shares at the moment. I will probably buy more. But long term, Japan is a disaster. I mean, they have a declining population, skyrocketing internal debt, they are debasing their currency...

Debasing your currency has never been a viable way to revive a country, even in the medium term. It helps in the short term but its a disaster in the long term. So, Mr.Abe, the prime minister will go down in history as the person who ruined Japan. No question about that. In the meantime, I own Japanese shares, I will probably buy more. He is putting through things that have helped and will help the stock market. Giving incentives to the Japanese to buy shares, he is persuading the pension funds to stop buying government bonds and to buy shares. He is doing a lot to help the stock market.

But I want to emphasize, in the end it is going to be a nightmare for Japan but in the mean time its good for stock brokers.

Related trading instruments: Nikkei 225 Index Futures

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