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Sunday, 19 May 2013

Short sushi, long kimchi trade entices hedge funds

A yen for the won

Korean exporters have been eating Japan s lunch helped by an ultraweak currency. Some hedge funds are betting the won s weakness against the yen can t continue. The gamble makes sense but care is needed taking on a central bank that is selling, not buying, its own currency.

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