He is right...

     If one likes to play short,

        one must short when the market is strongly going up.

            Then there will be more meat.

                   If you short after it has fallen,

                       there's not much meat left. 

Will You Short?

MAS widens S$ band: Source

SINGAPORE

This compares with the 2 to 2.5 per cent range that the MAS had allowed before targeting a stronger Singapore dollar in a monetary tightening policy on Oct 14, the source told

“The new bandwidth means the MAS will tolerate a stronger local dollar,” the person said.

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The source, who declined to be named, did not specify how far the MAS would now allow the US dollar to fall before intervening to curb the Singapore dollar’s strength.

The MAS uses the exchange rate, rather than interest rates, as its main monetary policy tool because foreign trade dwarfs the island’s small domestic economy.

In last month’s semi-annual policy review, the central bank said it was “slightly” widening the band and steepening its slope against a trade-weighted basket of currencies.

The central bank cited “volatility across international financial markets” as a reason for the policy change, which allows the local dollar to strengthen more against the US currency.

The MAS had tightened its policy at its previous meeting in April, when it targeted a “modest and gradual appreciation” for the currency, changing its previous policy of zero appreciation.

The US dollar has been sliding against Asian currencies this year as the region’s strong economic recovery has attracted heavy investment and as loose US monetary policy has prompted investors to seek higher yields in emerging markets.

A number of Asian central banks, including the MAS, have intervened in the currency market this year but the US Federal Reserve’s decision this month to buy US$600 billion ($779 billion) in Treasuries to bolster the US economy has forced Asia to accept further US dollar weakness.

“The MAS believes interventions should only be used in highly disorderly movements,” the source said.

“Otherwise they don’t work because you can’t fight the market. Export-dependent Asian countries must learn to live with stronger currencies.” — The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will now allow the local currency to move as much as 3.5 per cent against an undisclosed basket of currencies after the central bank widened its trading band, a person familiar with the situation said yesterday.Dow Jones Newswires.DOW JONES

Move to mean that central bank will tolerate stronger local currency

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