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January 6th, 2012 | 
Author: The Asian stock market has taken a slight tumble after the mid-week resignation this week of Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s Prime Minister. That fall has caused great concern both in Japan and across the world economic arena. What started in early trading yesterday suffered a reversal after news of the resignation had a chance to sink in across the market. Japan’s Nikkei fell after the news trickled through the country’s press services. Not all shares closed down; some continued to show slight growth despite the perceived upheaval in the government.
The downturn in the Nikkei was small, amounting to 1.9 per cent; the corresponding result for the U.S. Dow Jones average was slightly up in screen trade at 3 percentage points. The result globally was referred to as “choppy trading” because of the up-down pattern the market results were showing. There seemed to be no definite pattern predicting the short-term future movements of the various world markets as they closed Thursday.
On a positive note, the well-respected news source WSJ. Com, reported that Tony Sagami, editor of Asia Stock Alert, commenting about this political event and stating that the result of the recent resignation “will be political gridlock” and that “will be a positive for the stock market because it ensures no destructive surprises.”
In another indication of the upheaval in the global financial world, following news of the resignation, the Euro rose in value against the Yen, according to WSJ.Com. The dollar was in a similar position with respect to the Euro.
This situation is of particular interest to United States citizens above and beyond the typical interest in the health of global markets, as people from the U.S are increasingly choosing to invest money in other countries like Japan. This investment trend could be because of insecurity on the part of U.S. citizens over the current national economic woes and perceived banking crisis, or the possible instability in the U.S. Monetary policy or the fact that grass always appears greener on the other side of the fence. Whatever the reason, there is a growing trend in investors looking to place their funds outside the United States.
So, what does this change in the composition of the Japanese government mean for U.S. investments in Japanese stocks? It may be too early to tell for certain despite the gentle volatility of the Japanese markets after the recent resignation of Prime Minister Hatoyama and the appointment of a successor, as yet unnamed.
The volatile economic activities world-wide stemming from the recent change in the Japanese government bear watching as the global markets stabilize. Between the upheaval posed by the resignation Japan and the uncertain effect the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will have on the world’s economic health, the only prudent act market watchers should take is to wait and see how the markets will perform as we head into a new week of trading. Will the world see a “choppy market” continue, or will things settle down to the unpredictable “norm” we have become used to?
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