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Carry Trade – what is it?

March 23, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Here is a graphic from the WSJ showing how the Carry Trade works. Carry trading is one of the most simple strategies for currency trading that exists. A carry trade is when you buy a high interest currency against a low interest currency.

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