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JPY-USD: The Great Carry Trade

The ‘USD—Yen’ carry trade has been all over the news lately. The term ‘Carry trade’ may come across as a fancy new trading technique, especially to newbies to the capital market.

Head of educational initiatives at Zerodha.
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31 Jul 2024
 

How can notional losses hurt in reality?

Did you see this headline last week? Norinchukin Bank, a Japanese bank, is selling $63B worth of US and European Government Bonds. The reason is that the bank wants to stem losses from low-yielding foreign government bonds it has purchased in the aftermath of Covid. But hey, if they held the bonds until maturity, there […]

A CFA by qualification, Vineet writes about fundamental analysis, macroeconomics, and portfolio management.
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26 Jun 2024