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Sony’s Comeback

By Ichiro Suzuki Sony’s shares are rising lately. It is the highest since the height of the tech bubble in early 2000. The company has...

Ant Group’s Botched IPO

By Ichiro Suzuki On November 3, only two days before what was set to be the biggest IPO in history, China suspended the $37 billion...

Japan Airlines and the Job Market

By Ichiro Suzuki Japan Airlines (JAL) is in trouble. Of course it is. Which carrier on earth could possibly be not in trouble in this...

Ant Group and Emerging Market IPOs

By Ichiro Suzuki Ant Group is on the cusp of a much anticipated and the biggest IPO in history. Raising an expected $35 billion (as of...

Rescuing Nissan

By Ichiro Suzuki Before the coronavirus brought down the global economy, Nissan was already in a deep trouble. Ousting of CEO Carlos...

Triffin’s Dilemma and the Dollar

By Ichiro Suzuki Capital is flowing out of China slowly in recent years or in part due to the new trend of de-globalization or stalling...

The 2020 Tech Boom and Asia

By Ichiro Suzuki This is called “the death of value investing”. Tech stocks keep rising leaving the rest of the market behind, leaving...

Aftermath of U.S. Debt Downgrading

By Ichiro Suzuki On August 5, 2011, Standard & Poors downgraded its credit rating on U.S. Treasury securities to AA+ with a negative...

India’s Import Substitution

By Ichiro Suzuki In an attempt to promote local manufacturing industries, the Indian government has recently announced restrictions on...

The End of the East Asian Growth Model

By Ichiro Suzuki In the latter half of the 2010s, speculations grew on successor to China as the world’s workshop due to rising wages in...

Tokyo as Asia’s financial hub

By Ichiro Suzuki On July 1, the People’s Republic of China has imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong, in order to bring the...

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