Toshihiko Matsuno Investors Quotations

In addition, the market has risen steadily as of late, so I think investors were hoping to see a correction at some point. In a sense, the jobs data became an excuse for the correction.

Steel makers have attractive dividend yields and investors have to own the stock by the end of March in order to be able to collect the dividend.

Market sentiment was dampened by overseas investors who were net sellers in pre-opening orders today for the fifth trading day in row, on fears that possible increases in interest rates in the US and Japan could raise their funding costs for investing in equities here.

Retail investors here as well as some European investors appeared to buy banks actively.

Fundamentals are not really a worry. However, foreign investors are selling. If they start selling, other investors have a hard time buying aggressively.

The numbers weren't that big a surprise. It's just that investors are very cautious about high-techs at the moment and sensitive to anything that sounds negative,

There's a bit of a 'wait-and-see' mood in the market right now. Investors are waiting to hear more about interest rates and the government stance on IT growth.

Share prices fell in knee-jerk reaction to a retreat on Wall Street overnight. Investors also took a breather after the benchmark Nikkei index added more than 200 points yesterday.

This is typical market behavior right before official book-closings. We're seeing institutional investors selling cross-held shares and taking profits, while some are staying on the sidelines.

This is typical market behavior right before official book-closings, ... We're seeing institutional investors selling cross-held shares and taking profits, while some are staying on the sidelines.

Right now it seems to be the tech stocks that are doing well.... Their share prices aren't overpriced now. It's not really a novel theme, but investors seem to be putting money into stocks that have taken a bit of a breather.