Katsuhiko Kodama
Katsuhiko Kodama
currency few happen investors market
Right now there are few market participants.... Investors don't know what may happen with the currency during the holidays.
expecting interest investors looks market rate
I don't think the market was expecting this ... Now it looks like many investors are expecting just one more interest rate rise, in May.
affected election establish investors market quite seems slowly start support
It seems the U.S. market won't be affected too much by election results, and that's quite reassuring, ... Investors are slowly regaining their confidence, and the Nikkei should start to establish support around 15,000.
far fast focused good market sentiment
The market focused on only the good things in the survey. That suggests how far and fast the market sentiment has improved.
gains given half market saw wipe york
Given the New York market's setback on geopolitical concerns, the market here may wipe off half or more of the gains it saw yesterday.
bit buying course focused information market saw today
Of course the market is still very focused on high-techs and information technology-related issues, but today we saw a bit of buying in other sectors.
performance poor
Softbank's poor performance is especially weighing on sentiment.
appears companies earnings forecasts investors strong unless
It appears that investors don't want companies unless their earnings forecasts are really bullish. That's how strong expectations are at the moment.
banks few happening past sold
That would be happening here as high-techs and banks were sold heavily in the past few days.
economic fear improvement seen shares terror york
New York shares were higher, but we've also got this fear of retaliatory terror attacks. Besides, I haven't seen much improvement when it comes to economic fundamentals in Japan.
account individual investors margin percent total trade using
I think individual investors who trade on margin account for about 60 percent of the total using the Internet.
helped investors locking points rising three
After rising more than 700 points in just three days, I think it can't be helped if we see some investors locking in some gains.
battered due gains mostly
I think the gains (in New York) were mostly due to short-covering on battered issues.
high investors pick strength tough weakness
The weakness in the dollar, and the corresponding strength in the yen, is making it tough for investors to pick up high techs.