Japan

New data on US consumer credit from the Federal Reserve revealed a downturn in February and added to the downward pressure on the Asian stock markets on Thursday.

I spend much of my time scrutinising the post-modern equivalent of tea leaves - value-based fundamental measures of the aggregate market alongside technical and liquidity-driven metrics.

Japanese funds dominated returns during the first quarter of the year as the region's equity market begins to bounce back from a disappointing 2009.

Japanese equities the positive in a country with a negative outlook.

Threadneedle has hired Insight's George Gosden to strengthen its Asian equity desk.

The earnings results season for Q3 2009 (October-December 2009) has almost finished.

Commodity funds have attracted a lot of interest lately, on the back of some very spectacular gains, writes Castlestone's Brad Yim.

HSBC is set to launch its Japanese equity ETF tomorrow, tracking the MSCI Japan index.

While the outlook for the market remains uncertain, the US recovery is showing clear signs of progression.

HSBC is to launch its Japanese equity ETF tomorrow, which will track the MSCI Japan Index.