1) Japan’s Big Bet While the Fed’s printing presses went dark this week, the Bank of Japan’s printing presses are just getting warmed up. Japan now has made a big bet on more stimulus, as the country’s policymakers have decided to expand their quantitative easing program in a HUGE way. The move by the Bank of Japan to boost its annual target for enlarging the monetary base to 80 trillion yen ($724 billion) from 60 to 70 trillion yen, has lifted global equity markets, including US stocks and even European stocks. The Japan stimulus sent US stocks back near record highs, and it seems as though the market now has escaped the clutches of the recent correction. Find out how all of the markets performed, as well as what could be in store for stocks going forward, in Doug’s leadoff segment. 2) Weekly ETF Strategy Session: Energy Fund Oil prices are lower than they’ve been in years, and many of the stocks in the energy sector have fallen to new lows. Yet if you believe that the global econom
