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Watch the Yen

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The final appears of the year by The Creature of the Grey Lagoon takes place today. I, for one, will be glad when it’s over, since I can hardly stomach dealing with the market machinations when the old biddy is yammering away at these press conferences.

One item to watch in particular is the Yen, whose inverse relationship with the dollar is shown below. It’s a terrific top, and I’d expect a hard slump beneath this pattern once the interest increase everyone expects is finally out of the bag.

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