We’ve moved the archives to the bottom of the page but they are still here. Of course you may always access the archives by clicking on the listed categories in the left hand column of this page as well. Learn the best ways to invest money during the developing dollar crisis, possible stock market crash, [...]

November 14, 2006 – Just a few hours after I posted my blog entry on J-REITs this morning, this article appeared on the newswires. “HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Japan’s gross domestic product expanded 0.5% in price-adjusted terms in the three-month period ending in September from the previous quarter, or at an annualized rate of 2%, [...]

November 13, 2006 – When an asset class has been downtrodden for a long period of time, I tend to look at it and assess whether conditions have changed that now favor an awakening from long periods of hibernation. Japanese REITs, or J-REITs as they are better known, may just be one of those opportunities, [...]

October 4, 2006 Soon, Japan will see a changing of the guard. Last week,on September 30th, popular Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stepped down after 5 ½ years and will be replaced with 51-year-old Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. Though there are many positives about the Japanese economy now, their large, looming national debt is [...]