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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
GLD 379.91+0.4%Nov 11 4:00 PM EST

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To: TobagoJack who wrote (93076)8/2/2012 10:24:11 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) of 217688
 
The pendulum swung from an end to another: From total hogging to overprinting. Started with Japan that, deservedly, went into nose dive return to insignificance.

Japan was in pole position to do in the 80's what China have been doing for the last ten years: exporting capital for political gains, gain influence, keep people employed and get access to raw materials and export goods to the shirtless.

What Japan did? It went to buy Hollywood studios and NYC real estate while joining the 'fleece the indebted' bandwagon of Europe and the US.

No sympathy for Japan. Once minnow, always minnow. Perhaps lap dog Japan did not want to annoy its matser the US:

Foreign companies and governments keen to tap Japan’s abundant liquidity for dependable, relatively cheap funding are flocking to Tokyo's debt markets. The FT's Ben McLannahan reports on the boom in yen-denominated bonds - also known as samurai. (3m 30sec)
video.ft.com

Trying to live off capital when capital is a plenty is tough...
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