This article looks at the securities market in Japan and says despite almost no exposure to the credit crisis, the Nikkei 225 is down by more than 10 percent since January 2007. The author says perhaps the falling market is due to a clampdown on predatory lending which has affected consumer...
A recent Nikkei analyst survey found this oversupply of semiconductors for phones, PCs and other consumer electronics will likely last until fall 2023. We're seeing these mixed signals — with shortages of critical chips in one area and unforeseen component oversupply in others— throughout the ...
Those fears extended globally, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunging 5.8% Friday, the index’s biggest daily drop since March 2020. US stocks fell further Friday after Amazon and Intel reported dreadful earnings and outlooks as the transition to AI has proven costly while its prospects ...
The privilege of growing old is that nothing discombobulates you anymore—not even a trading day so bad it earns the moniker “Black.” Both Nasdaq and Nikkei had particularly bad days in the last few months, driven first by a Yen-carry trade debacle and then economic slowdowns. Fears arou...
in China, where the Shanghai Composite is in the midst of an epic bubble. Prices dropped 6.5 percent on Thursday on signs of froth, but they're up some 70 percent since early December. Germany's DAX is up about 20 percent over the same period. Japan's Nikkei is up about 17 percent...
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Those fears extended globally, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunging 5.8% Friday, the index’s biggest daily drop since March 2020. US stocks fell further Friday after Amazon and Intel reported dreadful earnings and outlooks as the transition to AI has proven costly while its prospects remain unce...