Masatoshi Sato
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Masatoshi Sato
crossroads looks whether worry
It looks like the market's nearing a crossroads over whether to worry about the yen's rise.
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As has been reported, lending competition is heating up. It seems the market is gradually coming to doubt if all banks have bright earnings outlooks from an expected end to quantitative easing.
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Investors are asking themselves whether the rise in high-tech shares over the past couple of days wasn't a bit too much, too soon.
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Even good earnings results from well-known names like Toyota Motor Corp aren't helping sentiment.
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But a sour-loan solution remains elusive, the supplementary budget is unlikely to do much for the economy, and the future direction for Wall Street remains unclear.
economic investors performance push ready shaky weakness
But considering fundamental economic weakness and a shaky performance for U.S. stocks, investors were not ready to push the Nikkei over 10,000,
chip consistent investors last looks momentum rally stock sure week
Investors are not sure about a consistent rally in the U.S. stock market. The chip sector's momentum last week also looks temporary.
bank fall shares sharp
Yesterday's sharp fall in bank shares is overshadowing sentiment,
cliff data economy economy-and-economics fall investors japan pull settled stocks worried
U.S. stocks have settled down, but data on the economy is getting worse. Investors are increasingly worried the U.S. economy will fall off a cliff and pull Japan over with it.