Yen carry trade question

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Submitted by nccoastalseller on August 9, 2007 - 11:56pm

Anyone worried the rising yen and inevitable unwinding of carry trade will create an even more disastrous cycle of selling in the markets? Was there any such leveraging of currencies leading up to 1929? I’ve yet to see any recent headlines on this.

Submitted by patientrenter on August 10, 2007 - 1:56am.

ncc, I don't know about 1929, but I am using the yen to hedge my stock portfolio. In other words, I am assuming that the stock market going down and the yen going up are likely to occur roughly together.

Patient renter in OC

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