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2 May 2024

Looks like Japan is coming in hot with their second FX intervention.

Source: Lyn Alden

2 May 2024

Chinese Stocks enter technical bull market after rallying 20% off the Jan 22 low

Source: Barchart

1 May 2024

Goldman Sachs and HSBC are saying that funds and global investors are rotating out of US and Japanese stocks

To reposition on the Hong Kong stock market which appears to offer significantly better opportunity. Hong Kong listed companies mainly do business across Asia with limited interference from the Chinese government. Source: Bloomberg

29 Apr 2024

Chinese stocks catching a very strong bid Monday.

The most-followed China stock index globally (MSCI China) is set to enter a bull market (note though it’s still a long way back to the top) Source: David Ingles, Bloomberg

29 Apr 2024

Intervention? At 9:30 PM ET, the Japanese Yen weakened to 160 against the US Dollar for the first time since 1990.

Exactly 2.5 hours after the headlines came out, the ratio just crashed from 160.20 to 156.50. That's a ~2.5% swing in one of the biggest currencies in the world in a matter of minutes. Clearly, something is happening here and it comes just days after the Bank of Japan left rates unchanged. Did someone just intervene? Source: The Kobeissi Letter

29 Apr 2024

Japan's currency official declined to comment regarding possible intervention

Japan's Masato Kanda says "No comment for now" when asked whether Tokyo had intervened in the currency market Today following a sharp move in the market that sliced more than 2% off the dollar-yen exchange rate shortly after the Japanese currency went over 160.

Source: Bloomberg

26 Apr 2024

China is buying/importing gold like there is no tomorrow

Source: Willem Middelkoop

26 Apr 2024

In case you missed it... U.S. 10-year government bonds yield 4.70%, about two percent more than Vietnam's 2.92%.

Source: Jeff Weniger

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