Equity Futures Open Higher, Retrace 50% Of Losses On USDJPY Kneejerk

More incoherent chatter from Japan about raising Japan’s GPIF allocation to “more than 20%, or around 25%” on the basis of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ‘expert views’ have sent USDJPY higher out of the gate and thus S&P 500 futures are tracking – just as they did Friday afternoon – higher. Treasury futures prices are 6 ticks lower (+2.5bps yield) – retraced all the bond-short capitulation gains from Wednesday. S&P futures are 9pts higher – retracing 50% of last week’s losses.

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