Archive | December 10, 2007

Impetus for a Shanghai Rally

The Wall Street Journal’s Asialinks daily view includes the following excerpt: At the same time [referring to an finance professor's commentary on how stricter bank capital requirements may in fact compel Beijing to revalue the yuan faster], China’s foreign-exchange regulator increased the total quota for foreign companies to invest in the domestic capital market to [...]

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Nikkei Weekly Outlook

Market sentiment in Japan has markedly improved in recent trading, with the benchmark N225 up more than 7% in the past two weeks — advancing 1.8% last week to end at 15,956.37, breaking through 16,000 (to 16,107.65 intra-day) for the first time in a month. This week we have four key items, including [1.] domestic [...]

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