Let’s talk about Japan. You remember, Japan? It’s the country with the 20-year on-again, off-again depression. You could have bought stocks in Tokyo 20 years ago…held onto them…and guess what you’d have today?
January 20th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "japanese investor"
Recession for the Japanese Economy Once Again
The Japanese economy is once again in recession. As if the poor Japanese investor hadn’t had misery enough! He’s been beaten up for the last 18 years. He was whacked when Japan, Inc. went bust in 1990. He was smacked when stocks fell 70%- 90% during the ’90s. He was racked with pain when property collapsed to as little as one-tenth its late ’80s value. He was starved for yield when the Japanese Central Bank dropped its policy rate to zero…
November 24th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued