I am back from vacation and found this interesting tidbit that could lead to further Yen strength over the next few days:
Sumitomo have announced they are looking at doing a rights issue next week (up to USD 8.6 bio equiv) of which 50% will be offered to non domestics. This deal is expected to close [...]

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My good friend Rhonda Staskow has posted updated charts on the positioning of Japanese retail traders transacting through TFX, one of the largest FX brokers in Japan. According to their latest data, Japanese traders are turning net long USD/JPY, EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY after being net short in March. There are no [...]

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USD/JPY is on a tear this morning. US equities is also trading higher which is completely mind boggling given the fact that US economic data was very weak and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that we may not be looking at a recovery in the US economy until 2011 or 2012.
There could still be [...]

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Carry trades use to be one of the most popular trading strategies for retail forex traders, but in the past year, that has changed significantly. The Japanese have always been the biggest buyers of carry trades but having been burned significantly, they are finally starting to cut their losses. According to the latest [...]

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This morning, I published an article about how talk of BoJ intervention is keeping USD/JPY above water:
There is a lot of talk this morning that the Bank of Japan is checking currency rates. The Japanese Yen has continued to rise over the past 24 hours and by checking rates, the central bank is keeping [...]

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