Investment Ideas – a quick deep dive into Japanese equities

Is it really different this time for Japanese equities? We review the arguments! For the bulls, we also run through the indices, as well as the main funds, both ETFs and investment trusts

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Japanese equities are back in favour. Warren Buffett is buying aggressively into Japanese businesses and one of the main indices tracking local large caps, the Nikkei 225, is outperforming its peers. Not unsurprisingly this led to increasingly bullish narratives from market observers who reckon that key barriers are being …