Asia

Japan’s Errant Helicopter Heave

Japanese investment trusts continued net emerging market fund outflows as domestic bond yields turned positive and the Nikkei index was ...

China’s Wooly Work Conference Antics

Chinese stocks scrambled for traction despite equity raising up 30 percent through December and a record 50 IPOs in November, ...

Central Asia’s Frozen Financial System

A new World Bank report examining Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s 25-year financial sector reform record cites recovery since the ...

Iran’s Extended Sanctions Slant

The Tehran Stock exchange index dropped 5 percent, as President-elect Trump won the contest with a signature vow to “rip ...

China’s Stuttering Strait Talk

Chinese A shares continued to languish on the MSCI index into December despite Hong Kong-Shenzhen’s link inaugural, as Taiwan’s component ...

China’s Manipulative Mood Bending

Chinese “A” shares stayed in a rut trying to escape double-digit MSCI loss and the Yuan slipped past 6.8/dollar as ...

Asian Markets’ Thwarted Third Quarter Thrust (Asia Times)

Asian stock markets with the big exception of China’s A shares, down 10% on the MSCI index in dollar terms, ...

China’s Yuan Entry Yawn

Chinese stocks were stuck at a double-digit loss as the currency barely budged on officially joining the IMF’s SDR basket ...

Central Asia’s Doubtful Dictated Outcomes

The undisclosed death and power vacuum left by Uzbekistan’s post-independence strongman Karimov upset sub-regional investors already wary about succession planning ...

Japan’s Retiring Retail Enthusiasts

Japanese retail fund outflows to emerging market debt and equity continued through August, despite heavy US and European inflows tipping ...

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