Nikkei rises 28% in 2023 for highest year-end finish since 1989

Superb news - and very different from what the doom-and-gloomers will tell you.

Expect the Nikkei to test all time records in '24. Everyone should look to put whatever they have on Japanese stocks - especially if the Yen stays very weak.

Expect the Nikkei to test all time records in '24. 

yes especially with the government's plan to raise taxes with prices at all-time high's and salaries to stagnate. Great recipe for a strong economy...

The final breath in the over-inflated balloon.

@Fighto

The yen is not cheap at the moment comparatively. To put into perspective, I would have been up over a million yen, or lost over a million yen depending on how you look at it, if I had converted my USD into yen last week.

I got raked over the coals this year. :(

One more bubble please.

My NISA Is ending 2023 on a high note, with my Nikkei fund contributing to the strong gains. Bring it on!

Stock price news that unrelated to most Japanese who have no stock.

Tax revenue, corporations' profit or cash and deposits or internal reserves have recorded highest ever, on the other hand, poverty rampant at Japanese society. for example, number of private food-aid places for mainly children are also highest ever.

Japan, like all countries these days has two economies. Those doing well and those struggling to get by. This is good news for for one of these.

Those doing well and those struggling to get by.

In japan, it's more like those who decide to keep their life savings in cash bundles in home safes, life insurance policies and\or Japanese govt bonds..., and those who willing to take on some risk associated with assets with the potential for much higher returns.

Sadly the cost of profits have squeezed the average Japanese person to being almost poor. NYSE reports 24% increase. Same comment. Record profits with record inflation means the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.

And the pound, of all the currencies, is up over 20% on the Yen from nearly a year ago- With Brexit and all.

Nothing to harp about with the impending tax rise in Japan.

The Japanese have built wealth by being thrifty and risk averse.

Now the government wants the citizens to put their money into stocks which are volatile.

Who would want to believe the scandal hit LDP?

Big corporations don’t invest in Japan anymore but outside.

There is always a chance of making a loss especially with markets at all time highs.

Well, I have bet for several years against the Japanese economy and have held foreign currency and have made double digit gains against the yen.

It isn’t a case of being lucky but looking at trends.

Somebody tell me reasons to back Japan?

Exuberance and hype are not reasons to…

And I’ll continue to bet against Japan economically until the country allows immigrants to enter in greater numbers.

Then I’ll pile into the real estate sector.