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...Canadian bonds beat world
January 8th, 2011 by Financial Writer
Returns in Canada’s bond market exceeded the rest of the world in 2010, gaining the most in five years, and may outperform again this year amid record foreign purchases of the nation’s fixed-income securities.
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada Broad Market Index, which tracks 1,150 federal, provincial and corporate bonds with a par value [...]
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Former auto czar pays $10 million fine
December 30th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Quadrangle investment group founding partner and former Obama “auto czar” Steven Rattner agreed Thursday to pay a $10 million fine in a settlement with the New York attorney general’s office over a pension fund scheme.
Rattner was accused of a “pay-to-play” scheme involving New York’s pension fund, in which Rattner’s Quadrangle allegedly gave kickbacks to officials [...]
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Mortgage-Bond Slump ‘Won’t Be Fun’ for Housing: Credit Markets
December 13th, 2010 by Financial Writer
A slump in government-backed mortgage securities that’s sent yields to the highest level since May is threatening a recovery in the U.S. housing market, which had been bolstered by record-low borrowing costs.
Yields on Fannie Mae-guaranteed securities that most affect loan rates jumped as high as 4.21 percent today, an increase [...]
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The overblown menace of robosigners
December 9th, 2010 by Financial Writer
A lot of homeowners face foreclosure. The overwhelming majority of them haven’t been making their house payments.
This simple truth has been obscured by the foreclosure paperwork scandal.
In 23 states, foreclosures must be accomplished through the court system. (In the other states, lenders handle foreclosures administratively, although homeowners can choose to defend themselves in court.)
Lenders are [...]
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Morgan Stanley Said to Sell CICC Stake to KKR, GIC
December 1st, 2010 by Financial Writer
Morgan Stanley is selling its 34.3 percent stake in China International Capital Corp. to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., TPG Capital, Singapore’s Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. and the island nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, four people with direct knowledge of the deal said.
Morgan Stanley plans to sell stakes of about 10 percent [...]
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FBI hits 3 firms with warrants
November 22nd, 2010 by Financial Writer
Federal agents raided the offices of three investment firms, officials said Monday, with the raids coming amid widespread speculation of hedge-fund insider trading allegations.
The names of the companies were not made public, but a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said the addresses of the raids matched the addresses of Diamondback Capital Management [...]
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Gold May Decline in New York as Greek Aid Might Erode Demand
April 23rd, 2010 by Financial Writer
April 23 (Bloomberg) — Gold futures may fall in New York on speculation that Greece’s request for funding aid will curb demand from investors seeking an alternative to debt.
Greece asked for as much as 45 billion euros ($60 billion) in loans from the European Union and International Monetary Fund to help the government stave off [...]
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Ex AIG chief in regulators’ sights
September 11th, 2009 by Financial Writer
Law enforcement source says the former chief of the insurance giant’s financial products unit and other executives are being probed for fraud.
Government investigators are probing the former head of American International Group Inc.’s Financial Products unit, Joseph Cassano, and other executives for securities fraud, a law enforcement source familiar with the case said on Friday.
The [...]
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