I don’t know exactly what to make of this pattern, but it is not unusual to see these two move together. As forms of cash, they each tend to do well when the deflation trade is on. In fact, other than short positions, they are the only things that beat the dollar when everything else falls.

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I don’t know what it means that the Yen has been doing so well even as stocks have risen over the last year. Perhaps it’s a vote of no-confidence.

Even if stocks and commodities roll over hard, I actually wouldn’t count on the Yen rallying as powerfully as of 2008, or even at all. Its long-term trend has been weakening.