Reply #71: Prudent Squirrel: ARE WE READY FOR ANOTHER YEN CARRY STOCK FLU?

[mojavekid]

http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/laird/2007/0419.html

With the Asian markets all down heavily last night, and the Yen strengthening again, I thought to talk about another possible Yen carry related market sell off.

China bubble trigger

A month or so ago, Premier Wen of China said that their manufacturing and financial bubbles were unsustainable and out of control. This was in light of recent financial tightening in China, increasing reserve requirements for banks to over 10% now, and raising interest rates moderately. It is important to realize that China is determined to do something about their financial bubbles.

The trouble is, there is so much hot money flowing into China, and that combined with a bubble mania in financial assets as well as manufacturing and stocks by Chinese has created a flood of money flowing into their markets.

Since the last year the Shanghai stock index is up over 150% - again at an all time high right now. The recent panic 9% sell off that Tuesday a month or so ago led to a about of panicky selling in Asian markets in general. That both led to and was caused by a rising Yen after the EU stated several months ago that investors should not ‘make one way bets on a weak Yen’. Soon after that statement, there was the Shanghai stock sell off, Asian stock sell offs, and other world sell offs. Eventually, things stabilized, but it took over two weeks of Central bank efforts and calming to stem the repeated bouts of selling into markets world wide.

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