The Japanese stock market has been in decline since the Spring of 2000 after it had been driven over...
The Japanese stock market has been in decline since the Spring of 2000 after it had been driven over the 20,000 level on the Nikkei Index by late domestic participants in the last bull run. Since then, we have witnessed the collapse of the new economy and in particular the so-called dot.com stocks around the world. The current economic cycle in Japan appears to be turning down with industrial production peaking. Japan's key trading partner, the US, has moved into a lower economic gear and orders for Japanese goods in both the US and Asia are receding. Japanese banks in the process of se...
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