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Unmoved by first round vote, Japanese investors shy away from French bonds

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Who cares what Japanese investors are doing. They're not the sharpest tools in the shed, are they.

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They've got a lot of Money though. And, yes it makes sense from them not to invest at this time. Uncertainty is for the Stock Markets, not for Bond Markets.

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I am not a Japanese by birth, my husband is & all our investors are. I am the only gaikokujin in our business with some very old gaikokujin and their families, togather for 29 years. TheJapanese are right not to invest in anything overseas . In my 29 years, I hve seen, how the Japanese are cheated of their money & their trust.

Not to mention their good kind intentions and understanding of others. Investing in Japan inc are the only way towards trust and growth in the Japanese world. Pls try this way. I am sure this way will help.

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"TheJapanese are right not to invest in anything overseas . In my 29 years, I hve seen, how the Japanese are cheated of their money & their trust."

A lot of Japanese feel this way and I can't blame them. Most of the world is like a circus run by clowns. In Japan, an honest person can build a stable and honest business. They won't get a circus, and they won't have to feel like a clown when it is all over.

I can give about four or five of my own experiences with cheesy foreign deals, I have avoided many more and I must say that even big players in Japan are getting suckered regularly. Anyway, let's just say that Japan should keep its seed corn in its own economy where possible. Relying on the good will of people who are on the make is a fool's game.

And I will just cap that with this observation: bonds are fairly priced. If they are offering high yields to find investors, there is a reason for that. Chasing higher yields means accepting higher risks.

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"The Japanese are right not to invest in anything overseas"

When Japanese companies earn tons of foreign exchange thru trade, they need to either convert it or park it somewhere. Sovereign debt of a developed nation is usually a pretty convenient and reliable way of doing that.

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Unfortunately in times of a major Political election, parking your money into that Governments' Bonds may not be the most sensible move.

http://blog.jpmorganinstitutional.com/2017/03/election-uncertainties-give-french-government-bonds-the-blues/

https://www.dbs.com/aics/templatedata/article/generic/data/en/GR/032017/170309_economics_performance_of_german_french_bonds.xml

That said, the US Market may be a bit different:

https://blogs.wf.com/assetmanagement/2016/09/why-the-economy-not-elections-affects-bond-markets/

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French Bonds may not be the place to be but to then generalise to 'the Japanese are right not to invest overseas' is extremely ignorant to say the least !

All pointers in Japan suggest contraction and abysmal times ahead.Debt levels are at record highs with with the worst demographics for growth in the world!

Personally, I invested abroad

more than 15 years ago into a hands off venture and have doubled my initial investment.

Could I have done similarly here? Nobody,I know here has done........

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