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Ministry of Finance: All Bark, No Bite?

Japanese officials always make sure that we know that they’re upset about the yen getting too strong, but we haven’t seen the BOJ openly intervene in the markets since March 2011. Do you think they’re all bark and no bite? Think again.

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A self-feeding loop of confusion…

I think by most conventional measures, used by most professional investors, European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has been a success. He has bolstered the returns for equity funds considerably since his decision to utilize a three-year term, instead of one year, in the ECB recent liquidity injection to European banks.

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RBA Holds Rates Steady: What Now?

In a surprising turn of events, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced yesterday that they have decided to keep rates steady at 4.25%. This was opposite of the market’s expectation that the RBA would cut rates again for the third time in a row.

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Greece One Step Closer To Making Debt Deal?

Greek PM Lucas Papademos and other Greek leaders huddled over the weekend and no, it was not to watch the Patriots and Giants slug it out. Instead, they met to discuss what routes to run towards financial stability. Is Greece one step closer to a Super Bailout ring?

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Will The Yen’s Rise Hurt Toyota and Honda?

Over the past few months, we’ve been hearing rumbles from big Japanese corporations about the strength of the yen. I’ve done a little research to see the relationship between USD/JPY and Toyota and Honda’s stock prices, and the results are quite interesting…

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.Mark Twain