Comments on: Foreign currency investments held by almost one in six Japanese http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/06/09/foreign-currency-investments-held-by-almost-one-in-six-japanese/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: RMilner http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/06/09/foreign-currency-investments-held-by-almost-one-in-six-japanese/comment-page-1/#comment-168023 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:49:56 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=2112#comment-168023 Obvious Spambot there.

I have a large amount of UKP which if I could have converted to Yen a year ago I would have been practically rich as the rate then was 240. However, the collapse of the UKP vs the JPY means it is only a useful offset against my mortgage.

The UKP has strengthened a fair bit recently (remember it was down to 120 early in the year.) I would like to trade some of the money however the charges mean I could only profit if the rate changes by more than 3 yen. In the short term, that makes currency trading more risky than it is worth.

]]> By: Posts about Foreign Exchange as of June 9, 2009 | Learned Capital http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/06/09/foreign-currency-investments-held-by-almost-one-in-six-japanese/comment-page-1/#comment-167782 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:43:32 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=2112#comment-167782 [...] second-largest bank has said the United States government should start issuing bonds in yuan Foreign currency investments held by almost one in six Japanese – whatjapanthinks.com 06/09/2009 Given that the interest rates on saving in Japan are laughably [...]

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