New Decade

2010

At the start of the year 2010, I have decided to open up this blog. Time flies, and now it is almost the end of the year. Throughout this ye...

2010/12/25 17:35

What if everyone knows everything?

The debate on wikileaks is the most heated topic today, partly because most of the people and the media fed up with the continuing news on f...

2010/12/09 18:39

China's economy is now the 2nd largest

With a disappointing result for the 2nd quarter of Japan's GDP growth, it has become apparent that China is now the world's second largest e...

2010/08/18 18:30

Hiroshima

Tonight, I will head for Osaka to see my sisters after a year, and then will go back to my home town, Hiroshima. With skewed historical cou...

2010/08/07 19:40

Multiplier

Multiplier effect is often cited when discussing about fiscal stimulus package, and it basically suggests that stimulus has a much larger ec...

2010/07/23 03:11

Correlation

According to the FT article yesterday, the correlation among stocks from different sectors has increased recently. That implies that divers...

2010/07/22 13:43

These days

After I wrote the last article, I returned back to Japan. Time flies, and nearly 3 weeks have passed since I came back. Time flies, and mo...

2010/07/20 22:55

one month

I've left manchester on the 20th June, and now nearly a month has passed. Time flies, it really does. The last three weeks or so has been s...

2010/07/13 13:00

Mobile phone market

Apple has announced a new model for iPhone, the iPhone 4, and lots of people are excited about this new product, which has some new features...

2010/06/08 10:11

after a long break....

I havent published any posts recently partly because I was lazy and also because I started to use diigo as a bookmarking tool. This blog is...

2010/06/07 21:29

Greeece; austerity or default

The rescue package for Greece has been agreed among eurozone members and IMF, and that will force Greece to cut the expenditure by great amo...

2010/05/04 04:44

American politics

American foreign policies, led mostly by the realist incentives, are quite different from others in grasping the motives and background for ...

2010/05/02 08:04

Marketing on SNS

The social networking service has become very popular in the past several years, and now SNS are one of the most influential media in advert...

2010/04/29 08:40

Diversification and the future of banking industry

Some investment bankers claim that the new banking regulations would shrink the opportunities for them to diversify their portfolios, by put...

2010/04/28 15:42

Swarovski; brand strategy

inspired by the interesting article on FT today. Swarovski has not gone public after 5 generations of family business. Its brand philosphy...

2010/04/19 19:14

Data Mining gaining Importance

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15557443 As the explosion in the amount of information becoming the real...

2010/04/09 23:53

CrimeSpotting

http://oakland.crimespotting.org/ this website shows what kind of crimes happened where, at what time, and is obviously meant to prevent f...

2010/04/09 23:49

Sony and its Taiwan rivals

The news that Sony is selling its factories to Taiwanese rival shocked me. It is one of the proofs that Taiwan is nearing Japan in terms of...

2010/04/07 09:30

UK general election

The general election is near, and Tory is likely to win. But one of the biggest challenges Tory will face is how to compromise with the Tha...

2010/04/07 09:25

South Korea rising

South Korean recovery is steady and better economic and political conditions are encouraging it to make a presence in the international leve...

2010/03/18 20:37

Overheating of Chinese market?

Concerns over the possible overheating of Chinese economy have spread among investors. I can acquire only second hand information, and canno...

2010/03/18 20:36

Cermany, interesting word !

Chimarica and Chindia are interesting words that might possibly be widely used like BRICs in the coming years because these words concisely ...

2010/03/18 20:35

China’s Three Ts

They are Taiwan, Tibet, and trade surplus. All these problems that range in the field of politics, diplomacy, to economy are what China shou...

2010/03/18 20:34

Greece crisis and the future of eurozone

Shrink the eurozone, or create the fiscal unity. That’s the only available options. Over the worries on sovereign default, what should ...

2010/03/18 20:33

The puzzle of JGB

It is estimated that Japanese budget will be more dependent on debt than tax revenues. And much of the investment talks show great anxiety o...

2010/03/18 20:20