Tsunami Dollar Crash?

[PipJaeger]

I was looking back at the charts and was wondering why the dollar plummeted instead of the yen from Mar 11 - Mar 17.

Anyone got any thoughts?

[Jona]

IMO the yen rocketed to a record high against the dollar on the back of expectations that Japanese investors will have to repatriate cash to cover the costs of the disaster.

[PipJaeger]

Thanks Jona!

Without sounding like a jerk, in the future, I'd like to trade disasters, so at least one thing good comes out of them. How in the future can I determine what will happen to a country's currency when a disaster occurs involving them?

Thanks in advance.

[Master Tang]

Thanks Jona!

Without sounding like a jerk, in the future, I'd like to trade disasters, so at least one thing good comes out of them. How in the future can I determine what will happen to a country's currency when a disaster occurs involving them?

Thanks in advance.

You can't.

Let alone the fact that disasters don't happen every day. That would lead to some mighty long dry spells...

[PipJaeger]

You can't.

Let alone the fact that disasters don't happen every day. That would lead to some mighty long dry spells...

Clearly, Tang. I was suggesting that one did that in addition to normal trading, and that wasn't really an answer to the question.

[Jona]

Our planet is now experiencing an unprecedented amount of turmoil - political, economic and natural. To my humble opinion risk of 'dry periods' for somebody who trades disasters is not so excessive.

[jasminB]

Our planet are experiencing turmoils now. It is said that it was the effect of global warming. But, for me, its not just that. it's because of us - people, who are ruining our mother earth and our sins.