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Long term Nikkei and Yen Trend before the March 2011 Earthquake
Submitted by Van Beek on March 17, 2011 - 11:49The March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan have a significant impact on the Japanese stock market index (Nikkei) and on the Japanese currency (Yen / JPY). But what were the long-term trends for the Nikkei and Yen before the disaster happened?
On this page you find a short video and the Prezi presentation that was used for the video.
You'll see what the long-term trend and moving averages trend signals were for the Nikkei and for the Yen versus the Dollar and the Euro.
For the Prezi presentation that is used in the video (no sound in the presentation itself), see below:
Why is the Japanese Yen so Strong
Submitted by Van Beek on September 9, 2010 - 15:04The question on why the Japanese Yen is now so strong against the U.S. Dollar is asked repeatedly the last few weeks, months and years.
The Yen reached recently a 15-year high against the Dollar. Was this in line with expectations? What is happening and what is causing this? Here are the analysis and conclusions on why the Yen is so strong.
