Tokyo's sliding shares
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Japan is wrongfully encouraging control of the futures and options market, in an attempt to stabilize the stock market. The stock market is suffering from the toll of bankruptcies and bad debt. Arbitrage overhang in the futures market will end only when investors stop purchasing at high premiums.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Goodbye to all that: stockbrokers in Japan
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Futures trading and index arbitraging will taxed at a higher rate in Japan thanks to 1992's drastic share value plunge. Japanese brokerages will downsize by 30-50%, and previously profitable foreign brokers plan 15% cutbacks.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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When bears run wild
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New economic policies in Japan have caused the Nikkei stock average to plunge, and financiers now fear the Japanese stock markets may be out of control. The Nikkei average has fallen 53% since 1989.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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