Tag Archives: Bank of Japan

Dollar-Yen Trades Above 90

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

The dollar/yen traded with a 90 handle today its highest level since June 2010.   Probably the most popular macro trade of 2013,  the move has been supercharged by the country’s deteriorating balance of trade and expectations the Bank of Japan … Continue reading →

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VIX Has Largest Weekly Down Move Since Inception

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

The CBOE has a nice piece out noting this week’s 39.1 percent collapse in the VIX was the largest weekly percent down move since the index was launched in January 1990.  The week also saw record volume days for the … Continue reading →

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Bank of Japan Eases

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Bank of Japan announced this morning it would increase its Asset Purchase Program by 10 trillion yen, from 91 trillion to 101 trillion yen. They split evenly, buying 5 trillion in T-Bills and 5 trillion in JGBs.  The Bank released … Continue reading →

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BoJ Ups Asset Purchase Program

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

QE everywhere! Nikkei and dollar/yen rocking. (click here if table is not observable)

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Why the Yen is swan diving

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

The WSJ does a good explaining what is driving the Yen and seems to agree with us that there is a huge difference between quantitative easing to stimulate the economy versus monetizing bad government debt for which there is no … Continue reading →

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Don’t Fight the Bank of Japan!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

The Nikkei 225 has been flying, while the global markets are down to flat,  since the November 5th Bank of Japan announcement that it would be purchasing equity ETFs as part of its QE program (click here for our post).   … Continue reading →

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Bank of Japan Outlines Nikkei ETF Purchases

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

After yesterday’s FOMC action and Ben Bernanke’s Op/Ed in the Washington Post essentially stating the Fed is targeting the stock market, we now get the Bank of Japan’s outline for asset purchases. Next week the BoJ begins buying Nikkei and … Continue reading →

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Gold and the QE War?

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

This is going to an interesting week for gold.  We expect some currency fireworks as the Bank of Japan draws a line in the sand for the Yen around the 80 level.  Will the Japanese respond to QE2 with more … Continue reading →

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The Three Legs of the Q4 Melt-up

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

1)  Under allocated investors… 2)  Expectation of a Republican victory in the  November election… 3)  The Flood of Liquidity unleashed by ultra-loose global monetary policy… “The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around … Continue reading →

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Central Banks Gone Wild: Paulson Says Gold Price to $4,000

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

The Gold fear trade is back on.  That is, traders and investors fear they are not long enough.  The Bank of Japan really got the party started as Bloomberg reports, “The unexpected decision by the Japanese central bank yesterday to … Continue reading →

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