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Numbers ..... Nikkei 225 Than and Now

hank
edited August 2017 in The OT Bullpen
The Nikkei average has deviated sharply from the textbook model of stock averages which grow at a steady exponential rate. The average hit its all-time high on December 29, 1989, during the peak of the Japanese asset price bubble, when it reached an intra-day high of 38,957.44 before closing at 38,915.87 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225

Peak 38,916 (1989)
Bottom 8,160 (2011)
Now 20,080 (2017)

A lot can happen over 25-30 year time spans. (Do you still want to catch a falling knife?) If you own an international equity index fund (as I do) which tracks the FTSE- Ex-North America Developed Markets Index, about 23% of that is invested in Japan. Of course, there are other markets/indexes in Japan as there are in the U.S.
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