[Update: corrected figures for decline in Nikkei since last year.] The Nikkei 225 dropped 4.25% to 10,473 on Monday, to a 4-year 8-month low, while the broader Topix lost 4.67% to fall through the 1,000-level at 999.05 (a 5-year 10-month low). Jasdaq fell by a similar amount and Mothers tanked a whole 10%. Nearly […]

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At an investment seminar in Tokyo attended by approx. 1,000 and covered by around 30 news outlets, Jim Rogers made his case for investing in China. Not much new here, as Rogers said he likes ag commodities, metals/precious metals and natural components of solar panel plays. For China specifically, he emphasized water treatment as […]

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