JPY FX positioning is finally NET LONG (per GS).
The yen is now free to crash again... Source: www.zerohedge.com, Goldman Sachs
Japanese stocks are now up 9.4% overnight.
They are on track for biggest gain since October 2008 Source: Markets & Mayhem, CNBC
Deutsche Bank: "Why the BOJ has no choice and is merely prolonging the inevitable*
"at a gross balance sheet value of around 500% GDP or $20 trillion, the Japanese government's balance sheet is, simply put, one giant carry trade."
Japan Equities Crash, how significant?
Nikkei 225 lost 20% or more within a 3-week period? 1. 1990: -21%, (February 14 - March 7), asset price bubble plunge in Japan. 2. 2008: -23%, (September 26 - October 16) post the Lehman collapse. 3. 2013: -21%, (May 22 - June 13), economic stimulus panic. 4. 2020: -23%, (February 21 - March 13), the COVID pandemic panic of 2020. Source: Lawrence McDonald, Bloomberg
Almost all Japanese stock gains for 2024 wiped out in 3 days...
Today was an absolute chaos in Japan as stocks plummeted more than 6%, the largest decline in 8 years, and experienced 2 circuit breakers during the session... What will the BOJ save first? The Yen, Japanese stocks or the JGBs (of which they already own 50%)? Source: www.zerohedge.com
India is set to welcome billions of dollars of foreign inflows when JPMorgan adds the country’s sovereign debt to its emerging markets index on Friday
A move that some analysts say will leave it more vulnerable to fickle flows of hot money. The inclusion of India marks the first time the bonds of the world’s fastest-growing large economy have been included in a major benchmark and is the latest move to open up a once closed-off market. It was only in 2020 that India removed foreign ownership restrictions on some rupee-denominated debt. The inclusion of 28 government bonds worth more than $400bn will give India a 10 per cent share of the widely tracked measure, according to JPMorgan. About $11bn has flowed into Indian bonds as investors position themselves ahead of the formal inclusion, according to Goldman Sachs. The bank expects a further $30bn to arrive as the bonds are gradually incorporated into the index over the next 10 months, raising foreign ownership from around 2 per cent to about 5 per cent. Source: FT Link to the article >>>
Japan's Yen weakens beyond 160 per Dollar, the weakest level since 1986.
Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
How India's rupee went from most to least volatile currency in Asia
Source : Bloomberg
