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James Lavish
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Welp. Nikkei 225 down 3.7% and the usd/yen headed lower. Looks like we’re about to see just how much of that Yen Carry Trade is still out there.

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₿lake · 78w
. . . of which a Fed rate cut may further exacerbate 🍻
Bertha · 78w
Be interesting to see if a lot of the initial “deleverage” was targeted at liquid bitcoin vs. other things and the effects are seen elsewhere. I basically don’t know anything about anything but just a theory there isn’t that much downside on bitcoin (and my $10 DCA).
Wallingford · 78w
is the mechanism here the yen gets stronger, so carry trade looks shaky, so liquidate assets to repay loans denominated in yen? Hence, the decline in Japanese stock prices?
Pleb34 · 78w
Calling Jerome Powell……