Yen carry trade


Kohler: carried away in an Aussie dollar dance

Global hedge funds are starting to make big returns from borrowing in euros and investing in higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar.

The Fed will fix it? We should be so lucky

Heaven help the world’s markets if the US Federal Reserve doesn’t cut interest rates again at its next meeting in four weeks’ time.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Rates up, dollar down as the US wobbles

Short term interest rates up, dollar down … US Fed Reserve dumps $7 billion into US banking system … Wall Street falls …

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.