In Japan, stock market euphoria has taken hold. The reality of the Japanese economy is much bleaker than the roaring Japanese stock ...
The Japanese stock market is up big and the yen is getting crushed as the Bank of Japan lays on the stimulus.
This is all unfolding as...
U.S. market indexes plunged yesterday (Wednesday) and took the Japanese stock market with them.
The Nikkei 225, a Japanese stock market...
The best Japan ETF to buy right now will do one of two things.
It will either play the surging Japanese stock market. Or, it will short...
Amidst a wave of central bank meetings this week, the European Central bank and the Bank of Japan matter the most.
The BOJ strategy...
The news of the Japanese recession has taken economists by surprise, but the problems with the Japanese economy have been so entrenched that no...
An already aggressive Bank of Japan stimulus plan was expanded Friday.
While this won't help address the real issues underlying ...
Today (Friday) Japan announced new plan in their already aggressive Bank of Japan QE plan: more stimulus.
And while markets have been...
The Bank of Japan is sticking to its policy of fiscal stimulus to try to stoke inflation, and that's rattled markets worldwide.
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday (Tuesdsay) that he will step down a few weeks early, on March...
It's war by other means. With the Bank of Japan now buying government bonds and targeting an inflation rate of 2%, a global race to the bottom...
The Bank of Japan (BOJ), Japan's central bank, bowed to government pressure this week by adopting a 2% inflation target and accepting...
The yen strengthened as much as 82.75 per dollar Wednesday, fueled by speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would buy more government bonds...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is looking forward to 1932. That's not a misprint. Actually, Bernanke is looking forward...
In Wall Street circles, it's known as "QE2" - for "Quantitative Easing - Round 2." The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank...
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's narrow Tuesday victory over Ichiro Ozawa for the leadership of the Democratic Party of Japan wouldn't normally...