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Japan’s yen, Swiss franc top hedges against Trump tariffs: Analysts

“The Japanese yen will be a good candidate – and perhaps the best – to hide from American trade tensions and stagnation, for full reasons of familiar reasons,” said Ibrahim Rahmai, head of the price strategy in absolute strategy research.

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Investors flow to the assets of safe haven after US President Donald Trump announced a set of mutual definitions last week – some of which look at the Japanese yen and bonds, as well as some other “strange” assets.

“The Japanese yen will be a good candidate – and perhaps the best – to hide from American trade tensions and stagnation, for full reasons of familiar reasons,” said Ibrahim Rahmai, head of the price strategy in absolute strategy research.

He told CNBC via e -mail: “It is cheap, the potential decrease in interest rates in the United States will narrow the difference in the rate to the yen, and although Japan is a prominent source, its general dependence on trade is less now, especially since the financial policy has been loose.”

The yen has strengthened about 3% Against Greenback since April 2, according to data from Lseg. Rahmari added that the Swiss franc is another “clear candidate” as an investment. The francs are more than 3 % to 0.8522 against the US dollar. These moves come with weakening other currencies around the world.

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Another strategic expert echoed the opinion that both the Swiss yen and franc are among the best options to alleviate the effect of Trump’s tariff.

“Each of the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc are good currencies to help reduce the visceral reaction to the market to the customs tariff,” said Matt Orton, head of the Consulting Solutions and Market Strategy Company in Raymond Investment Management.

But Orton expects the Swiss franc as a better hedge than the yen, given the uncertainty surrounding the path of the Bank of Japan.

Jeff Ng, head of Asia’s college strategy at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, said the yen usually excels in times of global recession or crisis. “Even if the world avoids difficult landing, [the yen] “It might do it well and Boj will rise more against a wave of facilitating the central bank,” he said.

However, it has warned that the Japanese economy also faces the opposite winds of Trump’s tariff, especially from the customs tariffs on cars and components. The slowdown economy means that BOJ will be more likely to maintain low rates, making the yen weak.

Rahmari, who was called the real Brazilian as an option, said that the most interesting question is whether there are more “strange” hedges regardless of classic safe havens.

“The idea is that it is cheap, and it has a high pregnancy and that it is relatively less for global trade,” Rehabari said, adding that Real was one of the most prominent performance in currencies this year.

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2025-04-07 05:18:00

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