Japanese Yen Deposits

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

3.	Japanese Yen Deposits

Japanese Yen principal deposits are held in a Japanese Yen-denominated, interest-bearing demand account. The interest rate in effect as of April 30, 2016 was an annual nominal rate of -0.10%. For the six months ended April 30, 2016, there were Japanese Yen principal deposits of 38,763,188,505, Japanese Yen principal redemptions of 38,740,396,445 and Japanese Yen withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 51,967,906 resulting in an ending Japanese Yen principal balance 15,491,241,379. This equates to 144,784,722 USD (which includes USD redemption payable). For the year ended October 31, 2015, there were Japanese Yen principal deposits of 47,636,264,433, Japanese Yen principal redemptions of 43,753,574,107 and Japanese Yen withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 48,247,219 resulting in an ending Japanese Yen principal balance of 15,520,417,225. This equates to 128,613,360 USD.

Net interest, if any, associated with creation and redemption activity is held in a Japanese Yen-denominated non-interest-bearing account, and any balance is distributed in full as part of the monthly income distributions, if any.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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