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• Bank of Japan Joins The Printing Parade

  By Patrick King - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: EWJ, JPM, NMR

  The Bank of Japan has embarked on a new stimulus program similar to that of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. If you partake of the Keynesian Cool-Aid, you doubtless think this is a "good thing", whereas if you are a right thinking Austrian, you are shaking your head as yet another quasi-governmental agency makes a vain attempt to fix a real economy by printing fake more »

• Rising Stocks of the Rising Sun

  By Ryan Cole - December 31, 2012 | Tickers: HMC, NMR, PCRFY, SNE, TM |

  At a glance, Japan appears to be a mess.

  With GDP contracting at a 3.5% clip last quarter – and the previous quarter’s small growth revised to a small contraction – the country is officially in recession. The current quarter is expected to see GDP fall even further.

  A trade spat with China has hurt the economy. Poor economic growth around the world has hurt exports. The country’s debt-to-GDP more »

• A High-Quality Investment Bank

  By Andrés Cardenal - June 25, 2012 | Tickers: GS, NES.DL, NMR, RJF

  Investment banks are not for the faint of heart -- their operations are complex and accounting rules are quite soft on disclosure requirements, so it’s hard for investors to get a good understanding of a company's risk exposure in the sector. Besides, government regulation is a permanent source of uncertainty for these companies all over the world.

  The collapse of many big players in the industry during 2008/2009 more »