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2013-04-17 — reuters.com
Tokyo's stock market has rallied hard in response the latest efforts to stimulate the stagnant economy, with the Nikkei share average rising around 27 percent so far this year.
But Kazuko Ohide, a 64-year old retiree, is one of the household investors who think the effect of Abenomics will not last long.
Ohide used the proceeds of a matured term bank deposit to buy three 24 carat Japanese oval gold coins totaling $3,000 at a gold exhibit and sales event at an established department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district last week.
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