Bank of Japan

Japanese shares are enduring a tsunami of their own as investors pull money out of a market that is becoming more and more unstable by the day. The Nikkei 225 Index plunged 10.6%. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index slid 2.9% and in China the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.4%.

The Bank of England left interest rates at 0.5% for the 20th month in a row and maintained its asset-buying program unchanged, Reuters reported. The interest rate decision was widely expected by economists. Still, mixed economic data and a divided policy-making board mean that the future is...

Recent reports show that several banks have begun advising their wealthiest individual clients to put as much as 10% of their assets into the precious metal. And some are stocking up by the ton.

Japanese stocks rallied Tuesday after the Bank of Japan announced it would slash its benchmark interest rate to near zero in an effort to revive its sluggish economy.

Japan's central bank has cut its key interest rate to a range of 0% to 0.1%, effectively introducing a zero-interest-rate policy. The unanimous vote came Tuesday after a two-day meeting of the Bank of Japan's nine-member policy board.

In Asia Friday Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.3% to 22,119 and Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1% to end the day at 9,472 after yesterday's vacation. Traders in Shanghai were still on holiday.

Japan's central bank unveiled new measures to stem the rise in the value of the yen and boost the country's flagging economy. Following an emergency meeting, the central bank announced a new six-month low-interest loan program to financial institutions, raising the total amount of credit...

The Japanese yen on Wednesday eased down a bit from the 15-year and nine-year highs it set against the dollar and the euro respectively on Tuesday. But the market is watching for possible intervention from Tokyo to curb the currency's rise, which threatens Japan's recovery.

With talk of outright falling prices gaining steam in the U.S., it pays to reexamine what happened in Japan during its "lost decade." Turns out that Japan had several buffers -- including less dependence on housing -- that the U.S. is now lacking.

During difficult financial times, investors often turn to likes of Warren Buffett or George Soros for analysis. However, today we turn to another sage -- Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, retired Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher and author of yogiisms, incisive malapropisms that reveal eternal...