US equities run but risk trades doesn’t flow to FX

The Nasdaq is up 1.4% as Treasury yields retreat and the market sorts through the post-BOJ wreckage. The strength in stocks demonstrates that there is a mountain of cash on the sidelines looking for a dip to buy. That kind of stock market performance would usually come with at least some strength from commodity currencies

US equities lose some altitude but USD/JPY doesn’t

The S&P 500 has pared its intraday gain to 28 points, or about half of what it was a few hours ago. There’s no correlation with USD/JPY today as BOJ-inspired flows dominate instead. That pair is at the highs of US trading, up 147 pips to 104.91. For US stocks, a fall into the opening