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Japanese Yen Seems Unemotional after Fed’s Hints at Monetary Policy Turnaround, as BoJ Keeps Slightly Negative Interest Rate in Place
Jan 24, 2024
The Japanese yen consolidated as the Bank of Japan issued a restrictive statement that it is expected to withdraw i...
Transitory Dollar Weakness Temporarily Pushed Yen and Other Asian/Pacific Currencies Higher
Dec 07, 2023
The USD/JPY pair experienced a significant correction of around 1.5% lately.
Apple Beats Estimates for Quarterly Profit and Sales, Mitigating Annual Profit Easing
Nov 03, 2023
Apple's (AAPL) earnings report Thursday after market close beat Wall Street expectations, even as the world's most...
Morgan Stanley Earnings Fell 9 Percent, Stock Posted Its Worst Week for the Year
Oct 23, 2023
In Q3 2023, Morgan Stanley (MS) earnings fell 9% YoY to $13.3 billion as a result of investment banking and trading...
Spectacular Sight of the Falling Yen May Be Interrupted by BoJ’s Interventions – First since October
Sep 27, 2023
The widening interest rate differential between the U.S. and Japan has pushed the yen lower since the Federal Reser...
Japanese Yen and Australian Dollar Diverge on Respective Central Bank Policies and Outlooks
May 02, 2023
The Japanese yen continued its sharp downward slide on Tuesday, May 2, hitting its 15-year low against the euro, as...
Dow Jones U.S. Banks Index vs. Dow Jones Industrial Average Index: The Moment of Truth
Apr 11, 2023
NYT published a highly polemic article in the wake of the start of the U.S. quarterly reporting season, saying Wall...
U.S. Dollar vs Japanese Yen: If “Ifs” and “Buts” Were Candies and Nuts, We’d All Have Merry Christmas
Apr 10, 2023
Selling the dollar for the yen was the main trade idea at Morgan Stanley as of end-March as investors await confirm...
SVB’s Bankruptcy Results in Sharp Drop of Venture Capital Deals across the Globe
Mar 29, 2023
According to CNBC, Asia-Pacific private equity markets have tumbled over the past year as inflation and geopolitica...
Circle Managed to Neutralize Impact of SVB-Related USDC Coin Depeg
Mar 16, 2023
Second-largest stablecoin recovered peg to USD after weekend slump. Crypto’s stablecoin segment has seen dramatic s...
Russian Ruble Spearheaded on U.S. Bank Failures, Despite Gargantuan Budget Deficit
Mar 14, 2023
The Russian ruble reversed its months-long declines and vigorously rose against the dollar at the most significant...
Japanese Yen: Year in Review and General Outlook
Dec 29, 2022
USD/JPY rose 0.3% to 133.72, as of this writing, bouncing back after dropping as low as 130.58 just over a week ago...
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