Trading Idea - Short USD/JPY

Published May 20th, 2009 - 05:35 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

My picks: Buy USD/JPY at 95.75
Expertise: Global Macro
Average Time Frame of Trades: 1 week



Japan’s gross domestic product shrank an annualized 15.2%, the worst performance since 1955, the Japanese government said earlier. This is a clear example that most of these recent gains in Asian stocks might be speculative driven and we possibly will see a sharp correction on riskier assets if core economic indicators like the GDP don’t show an improvement. That said, I will continue to look for opportunities to sell rallies on export dependent currencies like the Japanese yen.

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