Yet as he and Hawkins see it, such intervention is just a part of the value investing game.

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One reason for this is that the Japanese government engaged in massive intervention to push down the value of the yen in late 2003 and early 2004.

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Adding to the market volatility last week was the intervention to slow down the sharp increases in the value of the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen.

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Homeowners who have suffered for five years as they watched the value of their homes, the consummate investment, drop lower and lower would rather not forgo government intervention to see just how low prices will go.

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