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Mark Grammer Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Grp MTU-N BUY Dec 13, 2006

Strongest bank in Japan. Haven’t seen it yet, but interest margins should start to expand for Japanese banks. He expects there will be another interest rate rise soon in Japan.
$12.540

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PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick August 16/05. Up 45%.) The banks in Japan have turned the corner. They really are commercial enterprises right now.
TOP PICK
The biggest bank in Japan has a result of a merger between Mitsubishi and UFJ Group. Have a strong corporate side from Mitsubishi and a strong retail side from UFJ. Loan losses are going down. Starting to write new loans. Interest margins are going up. Not expensive.
BUY
If you are looking at investment outside of Canada, one way to do it is through large companies. An investment in this company pretty much gives you an investment in the Japanese economy.
COMMENT
Because of all of its underlying sectors, ownership is like an investment in Japan itself. This bank will grow at a pace of Japanese economic growth.
BUY
This stock was a previous top pick. He likes it. The return on assets is low. He believes that Japanese banks are the place to be.
SELL
The big banks in Japan are losing shares to the regional ones.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick (A year ago?) Down 24%.) Japanese banks had a tough year in general. Expectations where that interest rates would go up much faster than they did. Likes Japanese banks longer term.
COMMENT
It has been a miserable ride for the Japanese banks for the last 18 months. The big issue is that the interest rate spreads in Japan are so low. It had been expected that interest rates in Japan would rise, but it looks like they won't go up for another 60 or 8 months.
DON'T BUY
Japanese banks are inextricably tied to the Japanese economy and their economy is not growing that rapidly. He is not bullish on the Japanese banks.