Asia

bank vault

Japan’s Second-Biggest Bank Punished over Loans to Organized Crime

The Mizuho Financial Group will face a significant shake-up of its management team in March, due to a...

[Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]

Honorable Abe’s Rally Shoots Nikkei Past 16,000

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index topped 16,000 for the first time since November 2007.

Chinese Flag in Shape of China

China is Vulnerable to a Bust, Deutsche Bank Strategist Warns

John-Paul Smith, a Deutsche Bank AG equity strategist, warns that he detects some of the same signs of...

[crying smartphone user]

Blackberry Slashes Cost as Next Step toward Revival

Blackberry announced that it has retained the services of one of Apple’s main suppliers, Foxconn.

Get Bearish on Japan

If the Japanese stock market retreats, one exchange-traded fund (ETF) that you may want to consider is the...

Triple Bet on Japanese Bull Market

An aggressive way to capitalize on continued Japanese market gains is the Direxion Daily Japan Bull 3X Shares...

[renminbi bills]

China Shuts Down Bitcoin Loophole

Bitcoins, an electronic currency not backed by any governmental or corporate institution, were recently the subject of a...

Apple iPhone 5s

Apple iPhone Now Available to 700 Million China Mobile Customers

17 million to 38.7 million iPhones sold: that’s the range of analyst estimates for the number of iPhones...

[Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]

New Japanese Small-Cap ETF Fund Is Promising

Take advantage of Abenomics and the Bank of Japan’s plan to create inflationary, yen-weakening pressures in the Japanese...

Chinese Flag in Shape of China

Goldman Sachs to Investors: China up by 19% in 2014

Goldman Sachs’ analysts are projecting that Chinese stocks -- as represented by the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index...