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Japan Megabanks’ Strategic Share Sale Marks Big Priority Shift

Global Finance

billion of cross-shareholdings by the end of March 2027, Mizuho Financial Group expects to sell $1.9 With the Japanese economy sluggish, Wu points out, the TSE has become concerned about the low price-to-book ratios of its listed companies, including banks; half of Prime members traded below book last year.

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Market Resilience or Investors In Denial? A Mid-year Assessment for 2023!

Musings on Markets

In my second data update post from the start of this year , I looked at US equities in 2022, with the S&P 500 down almost 20% during the year and the NASDAQ, overweighted in technology, feeling even more pain, down about a third, during the year. US Equities in 2023: Into the Weeds! that was lost last year.