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To: mishedlo who wrote (28049)	3/8/2005 2:19:30 AM
From: Colin H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Hedge fund making a Yen carry trade might also pick up some futures to offset currency risk. They can leverage into that too! It sure looks like a lot of someone is doing a lot of something out there.. <g> occ.treas.gov

To: mishedlo who wrote (28049)	3/8/2005 10:05:31 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

you have misunderstood on what the yen carry trade is on every single attempt to explain it operate out of USA borrow Japanese money at 1.5% leverage with commercial loan at prime rate invest in USTNote pocket 300 bpt differential suffer small if any yen rise take home 100% at year end this is not short yen and long US$ this is leveraging 30:1 on the rate differential NOT THE CURRENCY DIFFERENTIAL stop being so blockheaded you are one of the smartest guys I know this trade has been profitable every single year since 1995 / jim