Why We Still Like Japan In Global Stocks

Solid growth and ongoing shareholder-friendly reforms are driving Japanese equity gains, keeping us overweight. We see the AI theme playing out globally.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 29, 2025

Nikkei 225 Outlook: Negative Sentiment Overshadows Positive Fundamentals

Nikkei 225 broke below its 200-day moving average and a four-month range configuration. US President Trump's trade war 2.0 against major trading partners triggered a negative feedback loop in Japanese equities due to potential disruption in semiconductor supply chains.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 4, 2025

BoJ Hikes By 25 Bps And Starts QT: Too Little Too Late, But In Right Direction To Prop Up The Plunging Yen

The “real” policy rate is massively negative, with the new policy rate of 0.25% far below Core CPI of 2.6%. When QT reaches about ¥3 trillion per month in 2026, it would represent a reduction of its JGB holdings of about 0.5% per month.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 31, 2024

Escape Velocity: Japan's Drift Toward Sustained Inflation

Japan has been struggling for some time to generate enough velocity in inflation to escape the gravitational pull of deflation. The story for the rest of 2024 and into 2025 is now centered on whether inflation will be sustained at the BOJ's 2% target.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 14, 2024

Weak Yen Unlikely To End Japan's Rally

A weak yen is unlikely to end the positive momentum in Japanese equities. The drivers of the recent rally remain, so we stay overweight Japanese stocks.

Seeking Alpha • May 13, 2024

The Bank of Japan's New Path Ahead

The Bank of Japan is set to normalise monetary policy when certain conditions are met, namely inflation, positive real cash earnings, and a recovery in domestic demand growth. We expect the window for normalisation to open from July for about a year before inflation begins to fall below 2%.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 11, 2024

End Of An Era - Bank of Japan Reverses Negative Interest Rate Policy

Kazuo Ueda becomes Governor of the Bank of Japan, continuing the loose monetary policies implemented by his predecessor. The BOJ raises short rates from -0.1% to 0.1%, becoming the last central bank to exit a Negative Interest Rate Policy.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 20, 2024

Bank of Japan Pivot Proves Underwhelming For Markets

The Bank of Japan has now ended decades of unconventional and aggressive monetary easing. Strong wage negotiation results played a crucial role in today's move.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 19, 2024

Bank of Japan Opens The Door To Ending Negative Rates, But Timing Uncertainty Remains

The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy today as widely expected. But the market is now paying attention to a more positive tone on the wage and inflation outlook, as well as an upgrade to the FY2024 inflation outlook which lays the groundwork for policy normalisation.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 23, 2024

Declining PPIs Perpetuate Japan's TINA Trade

Things were looking tough for the BoJ as recently as this summer, when the country's core CPI bolted north of 4%, far beyond the 2% inflation target that major central banks view as ideal. The Bank of Japan is being reactive to an inflation threat that may very well be in the rearview mirror.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 11, 2023