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Posted: 3/14/2011 8:30:54 PM EDT
Nikkei down over 14% right now.

Holy shit.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:32:38 PM EDT
[#1]
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:33:54 PM EDT
[#2]
I don't know why they opened the damn thing.  The world would have understood if they had kept it closed this week.  





Right back to work on Monday!  Dedicated Japanese.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:35:11 PM EDT
[#3]
Agreed. Hell, our exchange was closed nearly a week following 9/11, wasn't it?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:35:31 PM EDT
[#4]
Meanwhile, in New York, the Dow Futures are down nearly 300 points.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:37:04 PM EDT
[#5]




Quoted:

Meanwhile, in New York, the Dow Futures are down nearly 300 points.




Exactly WHY Japan should have kept it's market closed.  At least for a FEW days.  Did anyone really expect them to open on Monday and everything would be fine?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:37:43 PM EDT
[#6]
some money to be made in 6 months to a year



especailly in the heavy industry companies

Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:42:03 PM EDT
[#7]





Quoted:



Agreed. Hell, our exchange was closed nearly a week following 9/11, wasn't it?



Only because it COULDN'T be open.  I went to a conference in late October after the attack, and one of the speakers was a Merrill Lynch honcho who described how the various NYSE, Archipeligo networks, etc all worked to get the market up and running in a week after the attack.



Once it was open, there was a really bad sell off, hundreds of points down in the Dow for 2 weeks.





 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:43:27 PM EDT
[#8]
Do the Asian indexes have the same electronic trading curbs as the US does?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:44:39 PM EDT
[#9]



Quoted:


some money to be made in 6 months to a year



especailly in the heavy industry companies



Yep.



If anybody has any money left in 6 months.
 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:45:21 PM EDT
[#10]



Quoted:


Do the Asian indexes have the same electronic trading curbs as the US does?
Similar.



They have hit the circuit breakers 2x so far I think.





 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:47:38 PM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Do the Asian indexes have the same electronic trading curbs as the US does?
Similar.

They have hit the circuit breakers 2x so far I think.

 





Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:51:33 PM EDT
[#12]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Do the Asian indexes have the same electronic trading curbs as the US does?
Similar.

They have hit the circuit breakers 2x so far I think.

 




Radioactive sushi.  
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:53:59 PM EDT
[#13]
Everything is on sale now.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 8:55:44 PM EDT
[#14]
Imagine that all Japanes exports have to pass radiation testing before being released.

That means all drivetrains manufactured for US-assembled vehicles could be denied, as well as any electronic devices.

This is a mind fuck beyond any mind fuck imaginable
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:05:58 PM EDT
[#15]



Quoted:


Imagine that all Japanes exports have to pass radiation testing before being released.



That means all drivetrains manufactured for US-assembled vehicles could be denied, as well as any electronic devices.



This is a mind fuck beyond any mind fuck imaginable
Watching this very closely (In the electronics business). Not so much the radiation tests, just power shortages causing manufacturers to be shut down or on greatly reduced production.



Widespread shortages could be a deathnail to the economy.
 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:08:25 PM EDT
[#16]
Quoted:
Everything is on sale now.


You buying?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:12:49 PM EDT
[#17]



Quoted:




deathnail
 


Death Nail?



 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:16:47 PM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:

Quoted:

deathnail



 

Death Nail?
 


Like one fired out of a Paslode Framing Gun?

or Death Knell?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:17:34 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Imagine that all Japanes exports have to pass radiation testing before being released.

That means all drivetrains manufactured for US-assembled vehicles could be denied, as well as any electronic devices.

This is a mind fuck beyond any mind fuck imaginable
Watching this very closely (In the electronics business). Not so much the radiation tests, just power shortages causing manufacturers to be shut down or on greatly reduced production.

Widespread shortages could be a deathnail to the economy.



 


Power can eventually be rerouted in their grid to compensate.

But any import "embargo's" will be the hammer upon that deathnail.

And I fear the Trillions of Yen they are injecting to the world economy is just money they won't have for the cleanup.

Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:29:18 PM EDT
[#20]
They are going to have to dump a bunch of US holdings/bonds/etc to generate cash for cleanup.




Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:32:40 PM EDT
[#21]
Quoted:
They are going to have to dump a bunch of US holdings/bonds/etc to generate cash for cleanup.



Dubai to the rescue?

Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:35:06 PM EDT
[#22]
What would be good to buy right now? Anyone have a sense on what might be a good invest right now?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:38:39 PM EDT
[#23]
Quoted:
What would be good to buy right now? Anyone have a sense on what might be a good invest right now?



Pharmaceuticals?
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:39:53 PM EDT
[#24]
I'm buying stock in the company that makes Mr. Sparkle.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:41:16 PM EDT
[#25]
Janitor In A Drum
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:47:20 PM EDT
[#26]
I'm wondering if big engineering firms like Seimens and Bechtel will make a lot of money off of this in the near future.




Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:57:57 PM EDT
[#27]
Bechtel is private and has no public stock
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 9:58:51 PM EDT
[#28]



Quoted:


Bechtel is private and has no public stock


Yeah, I know



 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 10:04:18 PM EDT
[#29]
Quoted:
They are going to have to dump a bunch of US holdings/bonds/etc to generate cash for cleanup.



Classic, our next great depression because of a foreign earthquake.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 10:13:09 PM EDT
[#30]



Quoted:



Quoted:




Quoted:



deathnail
 


Death Nail?

 




Like one fired out of a Paslode Framing Gun?



or Death Knell?


Never heard of em?



First two albums were great, but then they sold out.



English skillz, I haz them.



 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 10:14:59 PM EDT
[#31]
Quoted:
I'm buying stock in the company that makes Mr. Sparkle.


I don't know whether to laugh or cry...
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 10:23:47 PM EDT
[#32]
He is disrespectful to dirt!
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 10:28:26 PM EDT
[#33]
Asian/Pacific markets bouncing back like it was just a skinned knee on the playground....



Amazing what a couple hundred $Billion will do to ease the economy
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 10:51:45 PM EDT
[#34]
get out if you can, but check the drop.  don't sell low what you bought high.

Look at a Japan/East Asia fund now and jump in when it's reaalllly down.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 11:03:22 PM EDT
[#35]
Quoted:
He is disrespectful to dirt!


Was leaning toward laugh...
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 11:07:48 PM EDT
[#36]
My mutual lost over $4000 in the past 12 hours.

Its prospectus suggested investing in Tupperware and Buick, along with mining equipment stocks. Guess which one took a flaming nosedive? (Hint: it involves raw material used in nuclear manufacturing).

Link Posted: 3/14/2011 11:10:50 PM EDT
[#37]
Quoted:

Quoted:

deathnail



 

Death Nail?
 


They opened for Spinal Tap on the '95 Tour.  I still have the shirt.
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