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31 Dec 2014
Investors paring back Yen risk - Scotiabank
FXStreet (Guatemala) - Eric Theoret, Currency Strategist at Scotiabank noted the price action surrounding USD/JPY.
Key Quotes
"USD/JPY is consolidating just below 119.50, having attempted and failed to break above Tuesday’s close given the deterioration in broader market sentiment”.
“The considerable decline in both long and short JPY positions detailed in Tuesday’s CFTC report suggests that investors are paring back JPY risk in an environment whereby weak fundamentals are offset by the supportive impact of recurring periods of risk aversion, with measures of implied volatility putting JPY between AUD and NZD -currencies typically associated with much greater risk."
Key Quotes
"USD/JPY is consolidating just below 119.50, having attempted and failed to break above Tuesday’s close given the deterioration in broader market sentiment”.
“The considerable decline in both long and short JPY positions detailed in Tuesday’s CFTC report suggests that investors are paring back JPY risk in an environment whereby weak fundamentals are offset by the supportive impact of recurring periods of risk aversion, with measures of implied volatility putting JPY between AUD and NZD -currencies typically associated with much greater risk."