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  Trader Lyn 10:23 am on March 28, 2011 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: electronic trading, forex, high frequency traders, investor, market ( 4 )   

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  Trader Lyn 4:15 pm on March 18, 2011 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: Earthquake ( 3 ), Japan ( 2 ), Nikkei ( 2 ), tokyo, yen ( 2 )   

  Why Australia’s Stock Market is being sold down 

  The tragic devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami has completely shut down Japan. Whole towns in the North East of the country have been erased, and thousands are dead and missing. It’s realistic to expect the death toll to  just keep climbing. Factories have been destroyed, and a large part of the country’s ports have been crippled. Imports and exports have been ground to a holt.

  The markets are in  mass panic about the threat of nuclear meltdown at Fukushima. The US market fell 300 points  last night on a few ‘experts’ talking the risk up.

  Only time will tell what the radiation levels are and what damage it will do long term as fear plays havoc in people’s minds and on the markets.

  So why is our market falling?

  Well, Japan is Australia’s second biggest bilateral trade partner, so the ASX200 is moving quickly in response to the movements in the Nikkei 225. Yesterday’s bounce in the Nikkei caused our market to bounce. And right now, the Nikkei is down again and so is ours.

  Another key driver is the unwinding of the ‘carry trade’. This is when investors borrow Yen on the cheap, and invest it in higher yielding markets overseas. The Aussie market is a favourite place for it. This is partly why there is a correlation between the Aussie -Yen exchange rate, and the ASX200.

  Right now, those carry trade investors are pulling their funds out of Australia and getting them back to Tokyo. With so many of them rushing for the exits, the Yen is soaring, and the Aussie Dollar is getting a beating. We saw the Aussie-Yen basically gap down from 79 to 75 just this morning.

  Depending on how many of these traders follow suit in coming days, we could see some violent short term falls in the Aussie Dollar, which is already in a dangerous technical position. The volatility will cause up and down days in the days and weeks and maybe months  ahead.
  It’s early days yet but there will be bargains to be picked up once the dust settles and the full impact is exposed.It is extremely unfortunate and difficult circumstances,. The people of Japan are still suffering immensely, and our thoughts and prayers remain with them.

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  Lyn Summers 10:31 am on March 15, 2011 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
  Tags: disaster, Earthquake ( 3 ), economy ( 3 ), Japan ( 2 ), Nikkei ( 2 ), red cross, World News ( 2 ), yen ( 2 )   

  Disaster in Japan Triggers Plunge in Market 

  

  The earthquake that hit Japan on Friday followed by a Tsunami closed the Japanese Markets and sent Asia and Europe lower.

  As we have all seen and heard on news stations across the world, the 8.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the nation’s northeast coast and sent a 30-foot high tsunami crashing inland, knocking out electricity at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and causing cooling systems to fail in at least three reactors.

  The need to bring trillions of Yen back into the country to rebuild will cause a short term demand on the Yen.
  Looking back in history a 3 month rally took place after the Kobe earthquake in 1995, in fact the Yen rose by 20%.

  The Bank of Japan poured a record 15 trillion yen into Japan’s economy as the earthquake triggered a plunge in stocks and surge in credit risk, and the Nikkei had it’s biggest one-day drop since December 08, with the stock average closing down 6.2 percent.

  Japan generates 30% of its electricity through nuclear energy, and it is said that electricity has been cut to millions of homes.

  Assessing the true magnitude of the damage of this disaster may take months. One can only imagine what the people of Japan must be going through and what it would feel like to be there.

  It seems a lot of people are asking whether Mother Nature has turned against us, with the recent floods and cyclones in Queensland, the earthquakes in Christchurch and now Japan has faced not only an earthquake, but a Tsunami as well.

  Whatever the reason behind them, it shows us now, more than ever how lucky we are to live on this amazing planet, and for the loved ones around us. My thoughts are with those who have loved ones in Japan right now.

  To donate to the Red Cross appeal go to http://www.redcross.org.au/japan2011.htm.

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