Shinzo Abe’s Central Bank Coup Fuels the Nikkei’s Rise: Nomura Holdings, Inc. (ADR) (NMR), Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (ADR) (MFG)

The falling yen will likely help out the financial sector as well, and Nomura’s been feeling the love recently. Japan’s leading financial institution’s shares jumped almost 42% over the past three months, although it did take a blow earlier this week when Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) poached its Australian head of mergers and acquisitions. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:MFG) has also been having a great time recently, with shares up more than 39% over the past three months. The financial stock ranked as Japanese investors’ second most popular stock after Toyota in Nomura Holdings, Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:NMR)’s study, and with the company’s efforts to boost its operations in Latin America — it hired four Latin American executives this week to further that goal — investors should feel good about Mizuho’s aim of expanding into emerging markets.

The article Shinzo Abe’s Central Bank Coup Fuels the Nikkei’s Rise originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Dan Carroll.

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