Nomura (US:NMR) Hua Er Jie Jian Wen·2025-08-12 08:38Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the articles suggests that the recent rise in the Japanese stock market is primarily a valuation correction relative to Western markets rather than a fundamentally driven bull market [1][3][4] - The report indicates that the market's expectation for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to raise interest rates has weakened, with the probability of a rate hike this year currently at 57%, significantly lower than the peak of 84% following the US-Japan trade agreement [2][6] - Key sectors such as technology and banking are underperforming, which poses a significant constraint on the sustainability of the stock market rally [1][6][10] Group 2 - The report emphasizes that the recent stock market increase is more about correcting Japan's historically low valuations compared to the S&P 500 and the Stoxx 600, rather than signaling the start of a comprehensive bull market [3][4] - The absence of strong performance from key sectors, particularly technology, indicates that investors do not view the current rise as a sign of a broad cyclical recovery [6][10] - Speculative investors have reduced their long positions in the yen, with the scale of these positions dropping to 46% of the peak observed on April 29, which adds uncertainty to the outlook for the stock market [7][8][10]