carry trade

The U.S. dollar surged past 155.60 yen on Wednesday, hitting levels unseen in nearly four months. What Happened: Investors piled back into yen-dollar carry trades. The speculation is that the incoming Trump administration will aggressively hike tariffs on imports. Economists expect the planned...

Hedge funds are now turning to the U.S. dollar for carry trades after pulling back from the Japanese yen for bets on emerging markets two weeks ago, according to CitiGroup. Investors retreated from using the yen for this investment strategy two days after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates...

The U.S. dollar-Japanese yen exchange rate endured one of its most turbulent weeks in recent years, with sharp swings driven by pivotal economic events that have left traders reassessing the future of the dollar-yen carry trade. The USD/JPY pair opened the week at 146.36, but quickly plunged to a...

Global markets faced a beating on Monday before recovering on Tuesday. Experts linked the market’s price action to the unwinding of the yen “carry trade,” which Arindam Sandilya, co-head of global FX strategy at JPMorgan, says is only half done. What Is The Yen ‘Carry Trade...

The euro's fall has come to the rescue of carry traders looking to invest in emerging market currencies. Such trades, where borrowed euros are used to invest in high-yielding emerging market (EM) currencies, have recorded lucrative profits to the tune of about 29% this year, depending on the...

Futures Flat On Global Weakness U.S. equity futures were essentially unchanged overnight as fears over the health of the European economy and of growing credit risks in China spooked investors. Markets also await the interest rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank...