Japanese stocks catch global investors' eyes

The market has just topped and now they start paying attention? 

I see this year's low was below 16,000, so if they had been looking at N225 with the same set of eyes 8 months ago they could be retired on a yacht in the Mediterranean by now (well, pandemic conditions permitting).

But to be fair that is probably not the type of investment strategy they follow, anyway.

Not that I think much of such approaches. I think a better strategy for most people is to simply invest the same amount each month, without trying to get clever. Aim to get about the average, and it won't cost the fees that these clever strategy types would demand either.

Or, if you have the money to invest, just invest what you have, as soon as you have it. Obviously this wouldn't have worked so well if you had bought the N225 in 1991, but it's seemingly a good strategy normally. (I guess even with the N225 it made have paid enough in dividends by now to cover the trading loss.)

I put money in a Nikkei 225 index fund in my NISA about 5 years ago. It's up more than 50%. So yeah, Japanese stocks can be solid gainers.