Search Results for: Tokyo Financial Exchange
First-time investors urged to turn to inexpensive ‘robo-advisers’
April 28th, 2016
It appears not many people are into investment in Japan. As of last December, only about 16 percent of Japan’s ¥1.7 quadrillion in personal financial assets was held in stocks, investment trusts or bonds. This is partly due to ...
Asian Stocks Fall as BOJ Leaves Monetary Policy Unchanged
April 28th, 2016
Shares slide in Tokyo market, led by brokerages and banks Economists confounded as BOJ refrains from adding to stimulus Asian stocks fell, led by a slump in Tokyo shares, after the Bank of Japan refrained from adding to its ...
Asian Stocks, Nasdaq Futures Slide on Apple; Aussie Sinks on CPI
April 27th, 2016
European shares fluctuate amid mixed earnings; Total climbs Apple, Twitter add to technology gloom as forecasts disappoint Treasuries rose, sending 10-year yields lower for the first time in eight days, and the dollar weakened, as markets signaled caution before ...
How bitcoin’s sister technology could change the future of healthcare
April 22nd, 2016
The larger world didn’t start paying much attention to bitcoin until 2013. That was the year mainstream companies like Microsoft, Expedia and Dell, among others, began to accept the alternative, electronic payment method. That was also the year the ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as BOJ Negative-Rate Proposal Weakens Yen
April 22nd, 2016
Microsoft, Alphabet, Sony profits fall short of estimates Topix rebounds as currency weakens; Shanghai Composite falls Asian stocks retreated from a four-month high as companies including Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. reported earnings that missed estimates. Japanese shares rose ...
Asian Stock Rally Sputters as Crude Retreats; China Shares Slump
April 20th, 2016
Aussie, Kiwi fall from the strongest levels since June Oil slips to about $40 as Kuwait strike ends; silver gains A rally in Asian stocks stumbled as oil fell back to around $40 a barrel and Chinese equities slumped ...
Asian shares skid, crude tumbles after Doha deal fails
April 18th, 2016
Tumbling crude oil futures knocked Asian shares on Monday after producers’ talks failed to agree on a plan to curb the global supply glut, while Tokyo stocks skidded as investors assessed the impact of a devastating earthquake in southwestern ...
Toshiba confirms SEC investigation as accounting woes spread to US
March 18th, 2016
Securities commission and justice department examining ‘accounting problem’ at US units, says Japanese corporation, amid profit-padding crisis Toshiba has announced its US businesses are cooperating with authorities over alleged accounting irregularities and is to cut a further 3,000 jobs. The ...
Mizuho to face U.S. lawsuit over Mt Gox bitcoin losses
March 16th, 2016
A U.S. lawsuit accusing Japan’s Mizuho Bank of concealing problems at the now-bankrupt Tokyo-based Mt Gox bitcoin exchange can move forward, a federal judge in Chicago has ruled. U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman rejected on Monday the bank’s argument ...
7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
February 17th, 2016
Until recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than getting involved in any related activity. It was the fall of Mt Gox in ...