The past few lectures in my Comm 101 class, we had pleasure to of getting to know more about stocks. This is why this particular article from the New York times website was very interesting for me. The article talks about the increase in value for Asian shares this past week, especially with Japan, as shares have increased by a total of 7.6% this week. However, the article did not mention which companies have been preforming better as of late. This brings me to the next article, which I found in Reuturs.com. In this article, it was mentioned that 67% of the Nikkei companies have either exceeded or met expectations. This is truly remarkable because it shows that majority of Japanese companies have been operating in a profitable and efficient manner. This is why I truly admire this multi-national companies from Japan. However, the most interesting point of both articles is that the companies were able to use the fall of the Yen to increase value in their shares. This just proves that values of shares of companies will not only be based on internal, but external factors as well. Thus, helping me realize that stocks are a lot more complicated as I thought.

Articles:

Reuturs. “Japanese Shares Lead Asia Charge as Yellen Sounds All Clear.” The New York Times 13 Nov. 2013: n. pag.http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/11/15/business/15reuters-markets-global.html?src=busln. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.

” Nikkei scales 6-mth high, heads for best weekly rise in 4 years.” Nikkei scales 6-mth high, heads for best weekly rise in 4 years. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/15/markets-japan-stocks-idUSL4N0J006R20131115>.

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