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Apr 19, 2021 Japan won praise during the COVID-19 pandemic for staying open while other developed economies locked down, which helped lift stocks to three-decade highs. But as the country now struggles with its inoculation program, some investors fear a wave of vaccine envy. In the past month the Topix has sunk 2.6%. That compared with gains of 7% in the S&P 500 Index and 4.6% by the FTSE 100 in London — where photos of revelers at reopened pubs this week contrast with reports from Tokyo, where hours at bars and restaurants have been shortened as COVID-19 cases surge. “Japanese i...

After years of being shunned, Japanese stocks are getting attention from U.S. investors. The reasons for avoiding the Tokyo stock market, which date to the late 1980s, are no longer applicable, say financial professionals, pointing to an increased focus on profits by Japanese companies and the fact that Japan is well-positioned to benefit from a global economic recovery. "To compare now with the 1980s really is like apples and oranges," says John Vail, Tokyo-based chief global strategist at Nikko Asset Management. In the late 1980s, a speculative bubble pushed up stocks and real-estate prices...

February 24, 2021 Japanese stocks are among the best-performing developed markets fare, a theme dating back to last year. Investors can join in the fun with the QLVD’s quality screen analyzes a broad universe of equities based on key indicators such as profitability, management efficiency, and cash flow, and then excludes the bottom 20% of stocks with the lowest quality score. The index is then subject to the regional, sector, and risk-factor constraints in order to manage unintended style factor exposures, significant sector concentration, and high turnover. Finally, Japanese stocks are...

Japanese stocks have outperformed their European peers for years, but investors have yet to realize its potential, strategists told CNBC.

19 th February 2021 7:46 am Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Friday 19 February, 2021. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. MPs demand answers on Woodford probe Treasury select committee chairman Mel Stride has said the FCA should set out a timeline to complete its Woodford investigation. The watchdog has confirmed it started the investigation into the Woodford Equity Investment fund the same month it was gated in June 2019. The FCA is also reviewing the actions of Link Fund Solutions, which acted as the authorised corporate director for Woodford Investme...