“We had a lot of Drama in the Markets this Week,” Thanks to the Bank of Japan by Wolf Richter • Sep 17, 2016 • 44 Comments Erode that confidence, and you have a crisis on your hands.
Japan Mega-Pension Fund Dives into Stocks, Foreign Assets, Loses Shirt. People Not Amused by Wolf Richter • Aug 27, 2016 • 33 Comments “It will not harm the pension beneficiaries”: official
World’s Worst Sinkhole-Government Sports World’s Most Negative-Yielding Debt by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2016 • 61 Comments NIRP Absurdity Soars to New Heights.
Peak Negative-Interest-Rate Absurdity? Hilarity Ensues by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2016 • 27 Comments Among the goodies, “reverse Yankee” landmines.
BOJ’s Kuroda Threatens More Easing, Stocks Tank, Absurdity Reigns by Wolf Richter • Apr 5, 2016 • 31 Comments “Negative interest expense” or some such absurdity yet to be coined.
NIRP Kills Off All Money Market Funds in Japan by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2016 • 16 Comments And the Bitter Irony?
Revolt against NIRP Breaks out, Bank of Japan “Baffled” by Wolf Richter • Feb 19, 2016 • 28 Comments Meanwhile, exports collapse at fastest rate since 2009.
Contagion Hits Japanese Banks, Nikkei Plunges, 10-Year Yield Negative for First Time Ever by Wolf Richter • Feb 9, 2016 • 22 Comments A banking crisis radiating out from Europe?
Negative-Interest-Rate Effect already Dead, Central Banks Lost Control over Stocks by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2016 • 24 Comments And there’s a bitter irony.
QE in Japan Nears End: Daiwa Capital Markets by Wolf Richter • Jan 31, 2016 • 22 Comments The Bank of Japan’s desperate head fake.