Toshihiko Matsuno
Toshihiko Matsuno
action consumer lasts military possible sentiment serious worries
There are serious worries consumer sentiment would deteriorate if possible U.S. military action lasts a long time,
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Right now it seems to be the tech stocks that are doing well.... Their share prices aren't overpriced now. It's not really a novel theme, but investors seem to be putting money into stocks that have taken a bit of a breather.
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Share prices rose as technology shares here benefited from gains in the Nasdaq index.
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Share prices fell in knee-jerk reaction to a retreat on Wall Street overnight. Investors also took a breather after the benchmark Nikkei index added more than 200 points yesterday.
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The extent of the U.S. economic damage caused by Katrina is so unclear, and that could weigh on stocks there.
appeared banks buy european investors retail
Retail investors here as well as some European investors appeared to buy banks actively.
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Steel makers have attractive dividend yields and investors have to own the stock by the end of March in order to be able to collect the dividend.
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Market sentiment was dampened by overseas investors who were net sellers in pre-opening orders today for the fifth trading day in row, on fears that possible increases in interest rates in the US and Japan could raise their funding costs for investing in equities here.
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Fundamentals are not really a worry. However, foreign investors are selling. If they start selling, other investors have a hard time buying aggressively.
above headline selling
If (the headline CPI) comes in above forecasts, I think there may be a little selling of stocks.
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There are some concerns that stock prices may be too high, and that seems to be weighing on the market.
focus major market players reported shift starting
Most major firms have already reported their earnings, so market players are starting to shift their focus to macro indicators from micro ones.
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A retreat in the value of yen against the dollar lifted automakers, which helped support the main indices.
became correction data excuse hoping investors jobs market risen steadily
In addition, the market has risen steadily as of late, so I think investors were hoping to see a correction at some point. In a sense, the jobs data became an excuse for the correction.