Monday, December 23, 2024
Japanese automakers, such as Honda Motor (HMC) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TM), have long been seen as laggards in move toward electric vehicles (EVs). But now, both companies are revving up for the EV race. In fact, Honda has emerged as a star performer in this year’s Japanese stock market rally, as investors cheer its […]
Japan has been mired in an economic slump for decades. Despite keeping its benchmark interest rate below 1% since 1995—and at or below 0% or below for more than a decade—GDP growth rates have struggled to consistently stay in positive territory. That’s why investing in Japanese stocks has been mostly an exercise in futility for […]
Warren Buffett has done it again, racking up another profitable investment in the span of a few years. This time, he went across the Pacific Ocean to the stock bargain basement known as Japan. His surprise bet on five Japanese companies has nearly tripled in size—to $17 billion—in under three years. The surge partially reflects […]
Major changes are underway at Alibaba (BABA), China’s best known e-commerce company, which was founded 24 years ago by Jack Ma. And this time, Ma is hoping for better results. The last time Alibaba made a big move to reorganize its business, the company set in motion a chain of events that led to a […]
The current state of the global semiconductor industry can be described by the famous opening words of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” The global chip supply crunch triggered by the pandemic is likely to be drag on for the next two […]
