After 50 years of domination by the LDP, the minority DPJ party finally gains control in Japan. The party claims big changes to Japan, and the market reacted by punishing stocks and rewarding Japanese Yen. USD/JPY has weakened to the 93 figure as of this writing. Among the bigger promises are reduced spending and a [...]

The news dominating headlines across the globe is the so called, “Swine Flu,” which started with pigs but is deadly and contagious among humans as well. The spread of reported cases from Mexico to Spain has got the Eurozone worried and Asia as well, due to their recent painful first hand experience with the SARS [...]