Here are two interviews that I did with the Moneyshow last week about the volatility in the currency market and the Japanese Yen. Pretty basic stuff, but may be a good listen. Click on the image to access the video:
FX Volatility

Link to the interview about the Japanese Yen

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For the first time since March 2003, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 8000 at the open of the US markets. However just as quickly as stocks dropped 600 points, it recovered more than half of its losses in the first 15 minutes of trading and actually moved into positive territory 35 minutes into [...]

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We have been literally begging the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England to work together to stem the bleed in equities and they have finally done it (What is the Fed Waiting For? And Panic Selling in FX Begs Coordinated Easing). For the first time since Sept 2001, central banks [...]

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It has been an extremely volatile day in the currency markets with big figures (100 pip) moves in USD/JPY happening in a blink of an eye. The more than 4 percent decline in USD/JPY is the largest single day percentage drop in close to 10 years. The degree of the moves that we [...]

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Non-farm payrolls dropped by 159k last month, 50 percent more than the market expected. Even though there was a minor upward revision to the August data, the Fed will have no choice but to cut interest rates at the end of the month. Fed fund futures are pricing in a 50bp rate cut [...]

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