When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. But once you hit twenty, you're just a normal person.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

Falling stocks can prompt some buying of bonds.

The JGB market got a lift from a pullback in equity prices here, with bargain hunters emerging.

Koizumi's overwhelming victory was a surprise. Further gains in stocks will fuel optimism about the economy, pushing up bond yields.

Investors, especially pension funds, have lots of cash set aside to buy bonds, and most of that money is still waiting to be used for purchasing debt.