Glossary
Borrowing Japanese money at near-zero interest and placing it into higher-yielding U.S. assets such as Treasuries.
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yen carry trade
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Japan is investing in America because of something called the Yen Carry Trade. And this is one of the dumbest things in the world...."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Japan is investing in America because of something called the Yen Carry Trade. And this is one of the dumbest things in the world...."
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Global investors treated unipolar America as the safest place for money, and the yen carry trade helped send additional capital into U.S. financial markets.
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Simon says dollar weakening is being driven by treasury selling, gold buying, petrodollar erosion, the breaking of the yen carry trade, and a broader exodus from old dollar pillars.
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"...Japan is investing in America because of something called the Yen Carry Trade. And this is one of the dumbest things in the world...."
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"...lending it out at 5%. And it's something called the Yen Carry Trade. Okay? It's one of the dumbest things in the world. We..."
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"Essentially, he liberated the world from the dollar. So the dollar lost 11 percent of its value in 2025, which historically is significant because..."
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"hedge out the risks and so the japan carry trade is now being strategically weakened and that's pushed up the price of the long..."
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