Wall Street Touts Japan Stocks as Topix Hits Highest Since 1990

  • Stocks in Japan could shine among global markets: Nikko Asset
  • Japanese gauges outperform developed peers in Europe, US
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Japan is fast becoming the most favored developed market with investors as conviction grows that a rally taking the Topix to the highest since August 1990 will accelerate.

Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Macquarie Group Ltd. say the case for a bull run is solid with corporate governance reforms set to boost valuation and loose monetary policy adding tailwinds. The economy, long beset by deflation, is seeing a revival in price pressure as activity revs up — a combination that sets it apart from the stagflation woes stifling developed peers in the US and Europe.