‘Today Is A Historic Day’: Nikkei Surges, Breaks All-Time Record For Consecutive Gains

Ok, well it's official, the Nikkei has now had its longest run of gains in history. Following Shinzo Abe's sweeping election victory on Sunday, Japanese shares advanced and the yen slipped as the market can now safely assume a continuation of ultra accommodative monetary policy. The Nikkei surged more than 1%, marking its 15th straight day of gains, besting a record that was set more than five decades ago: As Bloomberg notes, the "previous record run was a 14-day advance from Dec. 21, 1960,