Quote from gamalruach:
It sounds like you are having a hard time convincing yourself of what you postulate here, Jay. The USD slide also has to do with the EURO.
Read trade-ya1's post.
Sam
First of all, this thread was about Japan controlling the forex trade.
Secondly, even if they could, they would be sending the dollar up, not the Yen.
Finally, trade-ya1's post is comparing a stock with a relatively small fixed float, to virtually unlimited pool of currency out there. Also his figures should be more like a daily trade going from 50mil to 51 mil. The most any country can do with intervention, is keep markets at bay for a small amount of time as traders are afraid of getting burned at this level. Thats it. They can't move a market from point A to B (would take trillions), and as soon as any meaningful fundamental changes, those levels would disappear in a millisecond.
Jay