Japan’s stock market is more than 70 percent off its 1989 record high and last month the country’s debt was downgraded for the first time in nine years. Time to buy Japanese equities, says David Herro.
“At these prices Japanese stocks are a steal,” said Herro, 50, manager of the $6.9 [...]
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Oakmark’s David Herro Says Unloved Japanese Stocks a ‘Steal’
February 3rd, 2011 by Financial Writer
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more...OECD calls on Japan’s giant Government pension fund to integrate ESG
January 15th, 2011 by Financial Writer
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› India’s new Responsible Investment Research Association gets OK
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States offer mortgage aid
January 13th, 2011 by Financial Writer
Holden Lewis is on vacation.
States such as Michigan, Arizona and Florida that have been hard hit by unemployment and foreclosures are introducing new programs to help homeowners who can’t manage their mortgage payments.
The federally funded programs offer new help to homeowners who may have been disappointed by other federal government assistance programs.
The Michigan State Housing [...]
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How Medicare Sets Hospital Prices: A Primer
November 29th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The Medicare formula for payments to hospitals would be improved if it were based on value delivered rather than costs, an economist writes.
Will Ireland Default? Ask Belgium
Reckless cross-border lending by big banks has made many nations vulnerable to Ireland’s fiscal crisis, an economist writes — and none more so than Belgium.
The Other Taxes: Who [...]
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Carney, Volcker see long haul to recovery
November 20th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The world economy faces a long, hard slog toward recovery and could slide into deflation and financial instability if leaders fail to deliver on promises of reform, top policy markers said on Friday.
At a conference in Calgary, White House special adviser Paul Volcker warned it would likely take years for the American economy to [...]
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Recession Speeds Shift In Balance Of Power
April 1st, 2010 by Financial Writer
The rise of China and India is redrawing geopolitical lines.
This is the fifth and last in a series of edited excerpts from Nomura’s recent report “The Ascent of Asia.”
World history has been dominated not by singular events but by processes that have gradually wrought fundamental paradigm shifts. In other words, human history, like geology and [...]
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India aims to be world’s fastest growing economy
March 11th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can’t make gloves quickly enough.
“We are facing a major problem,” said Farooq, a senior executive at Marvel Gloves Industries, which produces 3 million pairs of gloves a month, most used in industrial production in India. “Despite importing gloves we are not able to meet demand.”
The [...]
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Invest with a long-term perspective
August 10th, 2009 by Financial Writer
With news having come in that the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) initial public offer (IPO) has already got over-subscribed, it might appear that reviewing this IPO is an exercise in futility. Nonetheless, we are undertaking it with a view to informing our readers about its pros and cons, and to influence those who have [...]
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A financial crisis, 10 countries, 10 solutions
July 14th, 2009 by Financial Writer
United States
GDP -1.6%
Inflation 0.2%
Unemployment 8.1%
Markets -10.7%
Gallon of gas $1.99
Interest Rates 0% to 0.25%
Challenges Home prices have plummeted since the summer of 2007, devaluing many of banks’ holdings that were backed by mortgages. To prevent further losses, banks largely stopped lending. The economic downturn that ensued led the economy to shed 4.4 [...]
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The year 2009 “is a crucial year” for India and the European Union (EU)
June 26th, 2009 by Financial Writer
The year 2009 “is a crucial year” for India and the European Union (EU) to find ways to address common challenges posed by climate
change, energy and terrorism, a top official of the 27-member grouping said here Friday.
India and the EU are “two natural partners” and they need to find ways to fight all those challenges [...]
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