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September 9, 2013
“Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be shot in the arm for struggling Japan.” —NBC News “The successful 2020 Olympic bid signals new hope for Japan.” —Time Magazine So, that’s all it took.  Twenty years of economic stagnation and all Japan needed to get back on its feet was that the summer Olympics be hosted in its...
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It’s tough to make predictions.  Especially about the future. The quote above is alternatively attributed to the physicist Neils Bohr and to the New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra.   But it is nonetheless true, particularly in the financial markets. Of course, that doesn’t seem to stop us from trying. I bring this up because Barron’s...
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