Japanese Accelerated Perf Fund Share Discussion Threads

[mangal] 01/3/2010 18:34

Anyone know a fund/ETF that is likely to play well the Yen/sterling currency movements?

[sparshcom] 18/2/2010 14:58

"I have been looking for my next investment in the mineral resource sector and do most of my due diligence on www.vantagewire.com because they give free real-time quotes but I cant make up my mind on whether or not I should just stick to gold (play it safe) or potentially diversify...thoughts? "

[bswagger999] 09/2/2010 14:34

"I've been following this company for the last couple months. I like it, but this website only gives me a delayed quote - so far, the only way to get a free real time stock quote that I've found is at www.vantagewire.com GLTA"

[jackpipe] 08/2/2010 12:55

because folks over there might spot that it's a pathetic spam attempt for an utterly worthless website.

[knowing] 05/2/2010 14:21

Why don't you ask on the GOLD thread?

[knowing] 01/2/2010 23:34

The Topix has fallen on all but two days since Jan. 18, reducing the average price of stocks in the index to 1.1 times book value from a four-month high of 1.2 times. That compares with 2.1 times for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in the U.S. and 1.6 times for the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index in Europe.

[hjayson999] 01/2/2010 14:26

"markets are crazy today, I am liking gold in 2010... does anyone know where I can get a good spot price?... I have been using www.vantagewire.com for their free real-time stock quotes, but commodities are delayed"

[briarberry] 31/1/2010 17:48

Japanese consumer prices fell at a record pace in December, according to the latest official figures.

Prices fell by 1.2% in the month, the biggest drop since the current consumer price index began in 1970.
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Japan's national debt is now about twice as big as the country's annual overall economic output, according to the IMF




Deflation - defined as a decline in the prices of goods and services - is back in Japan as it struggles to shake off the effects of its worst recession since World War II.

While prices have fallen elsewhere during the global economic crisis, deflation has been the most persistent here: consumer prices among industrialized economies rose by a robust 1.3 percent in the year to November, but fell 1.9 percent in Japan.

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Unemployment remains near record highs, and wages are falling. Mounting public debt is also a problem, causing Standard & Poor's on Tuesday to cut its outlook for Japan's sovereign rating for the first time since 2002.

[briarberry] 31/1/2010 17:42

Exports back up to 2005 levels (see chart), imports still falling...


Exports hit 5.4tn yen ($60bn; £37bn), up 12.1% on a year ago. Shipments to Asia rose by almost a third.



Japanese imports fell by 5.5% to 4.9tn yen, leading to a trade surplus for December of 545.3tn yen.

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Japanese exports to the US fell 7.1 per cent even compared with a low figure in December 2008.