Looking at the chart of the Japanese Nikkei 225, it doesn’t exactly look like the picture of health. I decided to dig a bit deeper, however, than merely looking at the price chart.

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Looking at the chart of the Japanese Nikkei 225, it doesn’t exactly look like the picture of health. I decided to dig a bit deeper, however, than merely looking at the price chart.

Just how friendly do you think the new administration is going to be to our neighbor to the south, what with their cartels and illegals and whatnot? Yep.

I’ve pointed this pattern out for weeks, and it’s finally happening.

The U.S. Dollar is on the cusp of ringing alarm bells.
USDKRW and USDCAD are moving above long-term resistance. USDJPY will determine KRW and CNY. The high for USDMYR this year is a touch above the 1997 high. The current rebound is about a 50 percent retrace. Indonesia rupiah (not pictured) looks similar. Not a day ago, India was talking about letting rupee slide with yuan. Half a day later, rumored to be selling dollars to defend rupee.
