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6/20/2013, 6:19 AM ET

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Sunday, March 31, 10:25 PM The BOJ's quarterly "tankan" survey of business sentiment rises to -8 in March from -12 previously, just missing expectations for -7. It's the first improvement in 3 quarters and comes amid the fast devaluation of the yen late in 2012 and early this year. The Nikkei is off 1%, and the yen (FXY) gains 0.3% vs. the greenback. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, March 25, 10:09 AM As with the U.S., aggressive monetary easing in Japan is not translating into falling government bond prices, especially when the easing is the central bank buying government bonds. The 10-year JGB (JGBL, JGBT) yield falls to 0.55%, the lowest in about a decade even as a new regime has made devaluation of the yen its key economic policy. Top-gaining Japanese ETFs last week: DFJ +4.3%, JSC +4.2%, SCJ +3.4%, FJP +3.2%. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Friday, March 22, 8:04 AM The Nikkei dives 2.4% and the yen (FXY) strengthens 0.4% as new BOJ Governor Kuroda's ex-colleagues express doubt about his vows to hit a 2% inflation target. Included was the man formerly known as Mr. Yen for his ability to divine (and drive) the currency's moves - Eisuke Sakakibara - saying the inflation rate "will never reach 2% ... the deflation is structural." EWJ -0.6% , DXJ -0.4% premarket. 2 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Wednesday, March 20, 3:40 PM Enjoying a great run of inflows from its currency-hedged Japan Fund (DXJ), is WisdomTree (WETF) planning something similar for European shares? Director of Research Jeremy Schwartz shows how a hedged strategy lowers the risk of owning stocks across the pond. 1 Comment [Financials]
Wednesday, March 13, 5:56 AM Japan's main opposition party, the DPJ, plans to oppose the nomination of Kikuo Iwata as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan in a vote on Friday. Support from smaller parties should enable the government to win approval for Iwata - who's considered to be a strong advocate of easing policies - in the upper house, where it lacks a majority. However, that's not stopped the yen from strengthening and shares from falling. The Nikkei closed at -0.6% and the dollar is -0.3% at ¥95.78. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, March 12, 2:32 PM The yen's devaluation is boosting WisdomTree (WETF), of all things, thanks to the ETF provider's Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ). The once-small fund has beat all other ETFs in asset-gathering this year with $3.17B, and WisdomTree's stock has soared 57%. "There's a lot of ETF industry hope packed into this one small cap stock," writes Brendan Conway. 2 Comments [Financials, On the Move]
Friday, March 8, 7:18 AM The yen (FXY) resumes its bear market, tumbling 1% vs. the dollar to its weakest level since 2009 - the dollar now buying ¥95.74. The Nikkei responds, gaining 2.6% overnight, also to levels not seen since 2009. EWJ - unhedged against the currency - up just 0.3% premarket. Keep an eye on DXJ for the big movement today. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 7, 2:50 AM As widely anticipated, the Bank of Japan has left its monetary policy unchanged in Masaaki Shirakawa's last meeting as governor, with the BOJ's key interest rate staying at 0-0.1% and its asset asset-purchase program at ¥101T. The real action is expected to come at the bank's next meeting in early April, which is set to be led by prospective governor and uber dove Haruhiko Kuroda. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Tuesday, March 5, 4:58 PM Gundlach: Japan is the "pace car" in the great global debasement race, he says, continuing to be bullish on Japanese stocks (EWJ, DWJ) and bearish on the yen (FXY). One interesting slide shows an explosion higher in consumer confidence there since Abe made his yen devaluation policy clear. He's not bearish on JGBs however, as the BOJ - like the Fed - has a big checkbook and can buy up all the debt the government can issue. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, March 4, 1:20 PM More on Gundlach: "Can you imagine (the President) walking around the U.S. saying 'I'm going to inflate. I want to inflate. My policy is inflation," he asks. That's what the President wants, says Gundlach, but at least he doesn't say it. In Japan, the PM is actually saying it. He sees the yen (FXY) headed to 200 to the dollar (93.37 now). 2 Comments [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Monday, March 4, 10:50 AM Chasing performance, money poured out of GLD last month and into the Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ). The DXJ pulled in $1.77B in February, bringing YTD gains of $3B - an extraordinary amount considering it started 2013 with $1.3B. The GLD bled $3.75B last month, bringing AUM to $64B. 1 Comment
Sunday, March 3, 9:02 PM Haruhiko Kuroda - nominated to be next BOJ governor - ratchets up expectations for the central bank's first meeting under his leadership (April 3-4), telling parliament he will do whatever it takes to end deflation. Adding a bit of humor to his confirmation hearing, he says the BOJ's easing isn't aimed at weakening the yen. Dollar/yen -0.1% at ¥93.43. The NIkkei +0.7%. 9 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, February 28, 2:06 AM The yen is lower against the dollar following Haruhiko Kuroda's nomination as the BOJ governor, with the greenback +0.2% at ¥92.41. The Nikkei rises 2.1% after falling sharply in the previous two sessions. Kuroda has advocated an inflation target for the BOJ for over a decade and reckons Japan can hit 2% within two years. 3 Comments [Global & FX, Top Stories, On the Move]
Thursday, February 28, 1:55 AM As expected, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has nominated Asian Development Bank President and uber dove Haruhiko Kuroda as the next Governor of the Bank of Japan. Abe also picked academic Kikuo Iwata, who backs unconventional monetary policy, and BOJ official Hiroshi Nakaso as deputy governors. The nominations will need opposition support to receive parliamentary approval. Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Monday, February 25, 3:40 PM A few too many on one side of the boat? The world's most popular short, the yen is strengthening in chunks now, with the dollar -2.5% and buying ¥91.10. More popular than long dollar/yen has been long euro/yen and that's getting pounded even harder. The twin trade to short yen has been long Japan stocks, particularly in the form of the hedged equity ETF (DXJ). It's off 3.3%. 6 Comments [Global & FX]
Sunday, February 24, 2:07 PM Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is reportedly set to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda as BOJ Governor. It's hard to think of a bigger dove. "The Bank of Japan must be prepared to do anything and everything" to achieve its 2% inflation target, he said in a January interview. Look for a big opening pop in the Nikkei, and a big opening drop in the yen. 11 Comments [Global & FX, Top Stories]