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Japanese ETFs Are An Interesting Buy

| August 18, 2014 | 0 Comments
Japanese ETFs Are An Interesting Buy

Japan’s economy took a dive in the 2nd quarter.  Their economy shrank at an annualized rate of 6.8%.  Consumer spending plunged at an annualized rate of 18.7%, investment in housing dropped a staggering 35.3%, exports fell 1.8%, and business investment fell 9.7%. Those are astonishingly bad numbers to say the least. What’s going on with […]

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Time To Buy Japanese Stocks?

| March 22, 2013 | 0 Comments
Time To Buy Japanese Stocks?

“Learn Japanese… you’ll be working for them someday.” This suggestion was given to me back in the late 1980s by my high school Economics teacher.  And at the time, it seemed like sage advice. Japan had the strongest economy on the planet.  They had the largest currency reserves of any country.  Their stock market was […]

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