When the country does recover the gains should be significant, but there are already global Japanese companies that have been growing in the middles of the recession. These companies should be in an excellant position to profit when recovery takes hold. While the US markets is appealing based on returns in the last few years, it is at exactly this time that the wise investor looks away towards different countries to reduce overall portfolio risk. With the general depression in the Japanese market, it is a good time to pick up high quality, growth companies at good valuations. This page only represents the views of the author and should in no way be taken as professional investment advice.
Stocks can go down as well as up.
Any investment should only be made after careful analysis of the company and the current economic conditions.