Shinzo Abe

While the market seemed generally unimpressed by the Federal Reserve's pledge to hold interest rates down until the U.S. unemployment rate drops below 6.5 percent, the usual suspects among ETFs performed as expected Wednesday. Following the conclusion of the central bank's last monetary policy...

It has been a familiar battle cry for Japan bulls for what feels like ages now: Japanese equities are cheap on a valuation basis. The first problem is, due to unfavorable demographics and a severe bout with deflation, Japanese equities have been in a bear market for well over two decades. The...

Japan will hold a Lower House election on December 16 in which the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is widely expected to lose to the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP is headed by Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister, who has called for “unlimited easing” by the Bank of Japan...

On another down day for U.S. equities, a surprising group of ETFs are noticeably higher: Japan ETFs. With the world's third-largest economy likely to hold elections next month, traders are speculating that Shinzo Abe, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, will become the country's...