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  • Japan Has the World's Worst Population Pyramid by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    Now look at the world’s worst population pyramid, that for Japan. These graphs show that a nearly perfect pyramid drove a miracle stock market during the fifties and sixties which I remember well, when Japan had your model high growth emerging market economy. That changed dramatically when... More »
    November 8, 2009 • AAXJ, DND, JEQ
  • There's a black Swan Coming Out of Japan by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso’s call for national elections on August 30 is setting up a potential “black swan” type event. His Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has ruled for all but 11 months of the past 55 years. But his party’s 18 year effort to spend itself out of an... More »
    July 29, 2009 • JEQ, JOF, DND
  • Stay Away From Japan by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    It’s sad to see a once great country fall on hard times. It’s like watching a formerly leading hedge fund manager apply for food stamps. I’m talking about Japan, which in 1989 boasted the world’s most valuable stocks, largest banks, and strongest currency. Oh, how the... More »
    June 30, 2009 • JEQ, JOF, AAXJ
  • The Sushi Market Crashes by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    The sushi market has crashed. Premium blue fin tuna for sale at Tokyo’s Tsukuji fish market, where I once lived next door, have seen prices drop 30% in the past year. The monster 500 pound frozen fish, which in better times fetched as much as $60,000 each in open outcry auctions, have gone... More »
    June 9, 2009 • JEQ, AAXJ, DND
  • Are We Entering the Lost Decade? by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    For me it’s déjà vu all over again. When I traded the Nikkei during the nineties, every market rally was capped by a predictable flood of new equity issuance by cash starved, undercapitalized Japanese banks. It sucked the life out of the market for a decade, confining it to a... More »
    June 3, 2009 • JEQ, JOF, AAXJ

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