For the refugee camps in the east, supply lines to the land-locked country are already under pressure as pre-positioning of food starts ahead of the rainy season.

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The market has been positioning itself to win under Abenomics and its reflation policy by shorting the yen.

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Despite the possibility of a big sell-off if markets are displeased, Barclays and Gartman are positioning themselves to benefit under a positive outcome.

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Looking at the decline in total assets under management, equity assets are currently at about beginning-of-year levels, indicating that while many equity markets have not provided negative returns for the year, dedicated emerging market equity fund managers may have lightened up in their positioning to account for this retreat in assets under management.

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Efforts are already under way near the shoreline to deal with that potential scenario, including positioning boom material around sensitive ecological areas.

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