Yen Strengthens 1.25% Overnight - Rough Day for Nikkei 225 Coming?

Now this is a real head-scratcher. The Japanese yen skyrocketed in price over night 1.25%. The last time something like this happened, the N...

Abenomics Crash and Burn

On December 29, 2012, I wrote that Abenomics would fail (please refer to:  Here's Why A Weak Yen Will Destroy Japan ). One year later th...

Japan's Insane Tax-At-All-Costs Political Class

This will be my 800th posting on this blog. I think it is fitting that, after all that has happened, as through the short history of this bl...

Japan's Two Lost Decades Becoming Three

Once again Mish Shedlock from Sitka Pacific Capital has hit the nail on the head with his economic analysis. In a recent blog criticizing US...