Exciting U.S. stocks ~ Aiming for early retirement!! | Episode 32: Japanese Stocks vs U.S. Stocks — Comparing declines and rebound conditions by industry! Part 3 [Ricardo Fukushima]

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Monex Securities Monex University. Researching a wide range of topics from domestic and international market conditions to individual investors' buying and selling trends and index analysis. International Federation of Technical Analysts / International Technical Analyst (CFTe).

※This article is a reprint/edit of an article from FX攻略.com August 2020 issue. Please note that the market information written in the main text may differ from the current market.

How have famous stocks changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?

We compare Japanese stocks vs. U.S. stocks, by individual company. By comparing the株 of excellent, well-known Japanese companies with U.S. stocks in the same industry, we hope you might think, “If I’m investing in the same kind of industry anyway, wouldn’t U.S. stocks be better?”

Due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus, stock prices worldwide plummeted. Panic selling by investors led to a larger drop in the U.S. Dow Jones than in the Nikkei average, with the decline surpassing the severity of the 2008 Lehman Brothers shock that disrupted the global economy. The Dow’s rebound was very rapid, but how much did individual stocks fall in this short period? We compared the rebound status between Japanese stocks and U.S. stocks.

※All fundamental indicators are as of May 26, 2020.