Japan dodged a populist bullet recently. While some headlines suggest a landslide victory for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a validation of their policies, Nomura’s Chief Economist Richard Koo has other thoughts. Fact is, it was more shrewd political maneuvers that won the day as Japan’s “grey elite” successfully fought back against a political outsider. The delicate and behind the scenes moves in Japan occur as the most intricate surgery is being conducted with the US Federal Reserve Balance Sheet just as a change at the top might occur. [timeless] Japanese upstart loses election based on inflexible “litmus test”…
Richard Koo – For The Moment All Is Well
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.