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Yen’s World-Beating Surge to 100 Has Traders in Buy-on-Dip Mode

19/08/2016(0)
Dollar will lack trend until Fed keeps raising rates: Shinkin Options show traders remain bullish on Japanese currency Any lull in the yen’s rally past 100 per dollar is ... Read More
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Rising Yen Passes 100 to Dollar

17/08/2016(0)
The dollar fell to less than ¥100 during Tuesday’s trading for the first time since the immediate aftermath of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union. Traders said ... Read More
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Emerging Stocks Slip With Oil as Dollar Rises Before Fed Minutes

17/08/2016(0)
Japanese shares advance as yen pulls back from 100 level New York Fed chief says interest-rate rise is drawing closer Emerging-market stocks retreated from near a one-year high and oil ... Read More
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Bitcoin trading booms, lures currency traders

16/08/2016(0)
Bitcoin trading volume is soaring in Japan as wild price movements spur an increasing number of currency speculators to shift into the digital-money market. Japan’s leading bitcoin exchange operator ... Read More
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Japan stocks drop as oil prices slip

16/08/2016(0)
Shares in Asia were mixed on Tuesday, with record gains in the U.S. market overnight offset by a dip in oil prices and a firmer yen. The Nikkei Stock ... Read More
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Fitch: Negative-Yielding Sov Debt in Japan Down, Europe Up

11/08/2016(0)
The global stock of negative-yielding sovereign debt fell modestly to $11.4 trillion as of August 2, compared with $11.5 trillion on July 15, according to Fitch Ratings. Japanese yields ... Read More
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Asia shares up as yield hunt drives record flows, pound slips

09/08/2016(0)
Asian shares stood atop one-year peaks on Tuesday as investors’ desperate search for yield drove a record inflow into emerging market funds, while the pound slipped to one-month lows ... Read More
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Asian stocks jump to one-year highs as yield hunt spreads

08/08/2016(0)
Asian stocks rose to one-year highs and the Australian dollar climbed on Monday as investors’ hunt for yield gathered momentum against a backdrop of a recovering U.S. economy and ... Read More
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Europe eyes lackluster open; bank earnings in focus

03/08/2016(0)
European stocks traded slightly lower on Wednesday but banking stocks, thanks to results from HSBC and Societe Generale, rallied as investors digest some more earnings and a fall in the ... Read More
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Yen Jumps on BOJ Decision as Japanese Bonds Sink; Gold Climbs

29/07/2016(0)
Kuroda expands ETF purchase target, leaving policy rate steady BOJ release will be followed by Europe stress tests, U.S. GDP The Bank of Japan’s most anticipated policy announcement in ... Read More
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