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Warren Buffett: Why stocks beat gold and bonds (via CNN Money)

Investing is often described as the process of laying out money now in the expectation of receiving more money in the future. At Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) we take a more demanding approach, defining investing as the transfer to others of purchasing power now with the reasoned expectation of receiving more purchasing power — after taxes have been paid on nominal gains — in the future. More succinctly, investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date.  Click here to continue reading.

Japan: Assessing The Aftershocks (via Smart Money)

In the days following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami last March, money manager Neil Hennessy had a decision to make. Should he continue with the trip to Tokyo he had planned for April, visit the managers of his Hennessy Select Sparx Japan funds and check on the country where his sub-advisory firm manages about $50 million in assets?  Click here to continue reading.

Warehouse operator GLP eyes deals as China ops boom (via Reuters)

Warehouse operator Global Logistic Properties Ltd, which owns properties in China and Japan, is looking for acquisitions after growth on the mainland drove an 11 percent rise in third quarter net profit.  Click here to continue reading.

Japan SMBC’s bid for WestLB assets fails – sources (via London South East)

Talks between Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) and WestLB over the sale of the German bank’s corporate lending business have collapsed mainly due to differences over valuations, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.  Click here to continue reading.

Japanese firm to invest in Taiwan real estate information site (via Focus Taiwan)

NEXT Co. of Japan said Thursday it will invest in Taiwanese information portal Rakuya International Info Co. to build a platform for the exchange real estate information among Asia.  Click here to continue reading.

Is Japan Next? (via Zack’s)

Once an economic powerhouse and affectionately known as Japan, Inc. in the 1980s, the island nation has slowly deflated over two painful “Lost Decades”.  Now the country has amassed more government debt as a percentage of its economic output than any other developed nation in the world. And with a perpetually struggling economy and rapidly aging population, Japan looks like a ticking time bomb.  Click here to continue reading.

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