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	<title>Credit Writedowns &#187; carry trade</title>
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		<title>Connect the Carry Trades</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Global Macro Monitor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>So, our friends, a few questions. Which rates are the result of financial repression, capital flows, and/or stellar credit risk? And what is the best carry trade, assuming you can borrow close to the sovereign</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Mrs Watanabe has amassed a large short yen position</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Something interesting is being played out. Margin traders--the famed Mrs Watanabe-- at the Tokyo Futures Exchange--have amassed a large short yen position. There are about 900k short yen contracts as of today and about 364k are short yen against the dollar. This is the largest short yen long dollar positions since </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Financing world trade &#8211; Buy the dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Andy Lees argues insufficient dollars are getting into the system from the US current account deficit to finance the growth in global trade, so the stock of these international dollars is falling relative to the value of world trade. He says this means the dollars are either getting in through other means to finance global trade, or as appears to be happening over the last couple of months, global trade will have to slow</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The Carry Trade and Fed Swap Lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Fed is stuck at permanent zero and that means the carry trade is on. If we did have another panic, those swap lines would be handy because the Fed would again become the global lender of last resort</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Forexblog &#8211; Q&amp;A on Macroeonomics, FX and all the Rest of It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claus Vistesen</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Euro As A Carry Trade Funder &#8230; Surprising?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claus Vistesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Nothing is so bad, that it isn&#8217;t good for something. So goes an old adage in my home country (and I would imagine elsewhere too) and perhaps if hard-burdened Eurozone policy makers and investors are finding it hard to find any kind of (positive) silver lining in the current debacle, they may just want to </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Links: 2010-05-15 Gordon Gekko at Cannes and the carry trade unwind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 13:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claus Vistesen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Quantitative easing is not the cure to what ails Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>On the sovereign debt crisis and the debt servicing cost mentality</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Marc Faber: &quot;I don&#8217;t think that you&#8217;ll see gold below $1,000 per ounce probably ever&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>China slams U.S. for inflating global asset prices via carry trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Hong Kong: &#8220;America is doing exactly what Japan did last time&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>Is the U.S. dollar carry trade replacing the one in Japanese yen?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Nouriel Roubini seems to think so. In remarks quoted via Bloomberg, he called the enormous increase in asset prices “the mother of all carry trades.” Investors worldwide are borrowing dollars to buy assets including equities and commodities, fueling “huge” bubbles that may spark another financial crisis, said New York University professor Nouriel Roubini. “We have </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The Dollar Carry Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>One other reason to sell the dollar is interest rates.  Why not borrow in dollars where interest rates are low and invest elsewhere where yields are high?  This is what is known as the carry trade. In the past decade, the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc were favorites for the carry trade because of </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Quantitative easing: printing money like mad to ward off deflation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In economic circles, there has been a lot of buzz about Quantitative Easing of late.  Basically, the U.S. Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates to near zero percent and the fear is that these cuts will not have enough effect on the willingness to lend in order to reflate the U.S. economy.  Therefore, the Fed has decided to take more draconian measures, one of which is Quantitative Easing, flooding the economy with money</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The emerging markets crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Last night an article by Niels Jensen of Absolute Return Partners caught my eye. In it, he made a very strong case for worrying about European bank exposure to emerging markets and its potential for creating systemic risk. I would like to share some highlights from this well-written piece and add a few thoughts of </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Reverse carry trade borrowing is deadly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>By now, you are familiar with the carry trade, where one borrows in one&#8217;s own currency in order to invest in higher yielding foreign assets, often times with significant leverage. The Japanese were famous for making this trade in Australian Dollars, U.S. Dollars, you name it. What a lot of people don&#8217;t realize that everyone </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The carry trade unwinds and it&#8217;s not pretty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Just as Japan is starting to unwind its carry trade, a new one might be forming in the form of 1% base rates in the United States. The carry trade was very popular amongst Japanese retail investors, especially using leverage (see article &#8211; hat tip Yves Smith). But, this trade unwound in a vicious way </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chart of the day: Aussie &#8211; Yen cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Of the major currencies, the Japanese Yen has been the strongest in the last few months, while the Australian Dollar has been the weakest. These two currencies have also been the most conspicuous in the Japanese carry trade. That trade is now coming unstuck, precipitating changes of epic proportions. For those of you who don&#8217;t </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chart of the day: Japanese Yen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Although off its highs for the day, the Japanese Yen is still looking very strong against every major currency. Earlier, it pushed as high as 92 yen to the dollar. Jim Rogers was on Bloomberg saying it was headed much higher</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Chart of the day: US Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Something dramatic is happening in the currency markets. I commented on this in my post "US Dollar rising dramatically." These currency moves are related to international dollar debt, the carry trade unwind and expected interest rate cuts due to slow growth</p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>US Dollar rising dramatically</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Dollar is rising once again. As the realization kicks in that the U.S. will not be alone in its economic struggles, currency traders are making major bets that interest rates will fall outside of the U.S. across the board. The British Pound, the Euro and the Canadian Dollar have all been losers. The </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>A shift to Eastern Europe and emerging markets too</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, I made the case for us to be less concerned about the U.S. and even Western Europe, but to be very concerned about a slowdown in Asia. The reasons for this are simple: most analysts now understand the extent of problems in the U.S. and Western Europe. This, is part of the reason I </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>U.S. Bailout: the mother of all carry trades?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>There are some great ideas out there about what the U.S. bailout is all about. Earlier, I mentioned my belief that it had everything to do with marking to market. Just a while ago, I caught a post that has a very intriguing angle on the plan: it&#8217;s the mother of all carry trades (hat </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>The dollar rally spells trouble for some investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It was about 4 weeks ago now that I said I thought the dollar rally was not a fundamental move, but a monster bear market rally which will end up hurting dollar shorts. Back then, the Euro was trading for 1.5164 dollars. Today, the Euro will only get you 1.426 dollars. That&#8217;s a move of </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s easy money policy was the trigger for the tech wreck</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Most Americans would have you believe that the U.S. Federal Reserve was entirely responsible for the monetary conditions which created the mother of all stock market bubbles after the LTCM bailout. Yes, the Fed was complicit in the extraordinary rise of technology in the late 1990s. However, it was the Bank of Japan and its </p><p><hr />Credit Writedowns Pro is now live. <a href="https://www.creditwritedowns.com/members/">Sign up today</a> for monthly or yearly subscriptions. 
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