Carry Trade Unwind Starts And It Started Today Japanese short rates are exploding.

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This Is How a Carry Trade Unwind Starts And It Started Today An absolute bloodbath was witnessed in Japan’s financial markets. Short-term JGB yields went VERTICAL today. The 3-month yield smashed 1.25%, highest in 31.5 YEARS and the 6-month hit 1.34%, highest in 31 years. Two years ago these were NEGATIVE. Now they’re ripping like a bond crisis is already here. At the same time SoftBank got DESTROYED. Shares plunged over 15% intraday, closed down 10.7%. Roughly $8 billion wiped off Masayoshi Son’s fortune in one session. SoftBank owns ~13% of OpenAI, right in the blast zone as AI labs suddenly start talking “slowdown.” This is not isolated. The BOJ is hiking. Japanese short rates are exploding. The cheap-yen carry trade that funded years of US stocks, Treasuries, and risk assets is starting to unwind. Japan is one of the largest foreign holders of US Treasuries. When they sell (or stop buying) to chase higher domestic yields or cover losses, US yields spike too. Higher US yields + carry unwind + AI narrative cracking = the exact cocktail that produces a bloodbath. Markets spent months pricing infinite AI acceleration and infinite cheap Japanese money. Both assumptions just took a body blow on the same day. From global stocks, bonds, banking, derivatives to AI, Oil and Global Energy. The extent of Japan’s free money catastrophe is unfathomable. If the BoJ’s@yutokanzakireal warning indeed happens, we are going to see the biggest global financial bloodbath in decades.

 

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