Sam Perry on Japan

Holding Japanese equities has not harmed the global investor over the last 10 years. This may come as a surprise to market participants, many of whom have spent the last decade viewing Japan as an investment destination for only the terminally masochistic. As markets in the US and Europe have climbe...

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Published inInvestment Week p. 38
Main Author Perry, Sam
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Incisive Media Limited 27.02.2012
Subjects
Asset acquisitions
Investors
Sovereign debt
Stocks
Japan
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Summary:Holding Japanese equities has not harmed the global investor over the last 10 years. This may come as a surprise to market participants, many of whom have spent the last decade viewing Japan as an investment destination for only the terminally masochistic. As markets in the US and Europe have climbed back to pre-Lehman levels, the Japanese market has slumped back to the lows of the first quarter of 2009 and the yen has stalled. It is surely no coincidence that this has occurred in tandem with the debt crisis in the eurozone.