The market is jittery about a big increase in volatility in the yen as a slump in the currency to the lowest since 1986 raises the spectre of Japanese intervention.
Quoteworthy: "We were here in 1889, and we will be here in 2089 and beyond." –— Michael Smith, CEO of Hongkong Land, on the news of a more than US$1 billion upgrade of Landmark
Yen poised for big swings on intervention threat

