Borderless Investor

More evidence that the Japanese banking crisis is officially ancient history. Bloomberg reports that Japan’s best and brightest are now interested in working in finance:
The fastest economic growth in 15 years and record profits of $27 billion in fiscal 2005 helped financial companies overtake electronics makers as the biggest recruiters at Japan’s most selective universities, […]

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One of Australia’s top currency strategists is launching a new hedge fund that will invest mainly in the Australian dollar.
This reminds me of the time I tried to listen to my entire 10-hour AC/DC music collection on a flight from New York to Asia. Not a great idea. It’s just a little too […]

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I’m no expert on the European Court of Human Rights, but I’m pretty sure this is not what it was meant for:
The Hungary- born financier [George Soros], who has been fighting the case for more than 17 years, will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, his lawyer said.
“The court did not respond to […]

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The headlines coming out of Japan about the arrest of Yoshiaki Murakami on insider trading charges may sound ominous to American ears in light of the scandals that we’ve been through in this country.
Please don’t fall for this. It is an interesting story, but it is a sideshow, just like the Livedoor scandal that […]

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