Is Now the Time to Buy Japan?

Macro Essays
DataDrivenInvestor
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5 min readMay 25, 2022

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Beautiful skyline of Tokyo with Mt. Fuji in the background. One of my favorite cities and a place I need to visit. Image Source: Wikipedia

Japan’s currency has been on a freefall these few months. Many are concerned about Japan’s debt obligations. Also, many investors are selling off Yen and Euro (a currency I will discuss on this piece) and hoarding into Dollar denominated debt and assets due to the Fed and the US Dollar being the cleanest shirt from the dirtiest bunch. As shown below on the USD/JPY chart the Japanese Yen has significantly lost value over the US Dollar…

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