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Nikkei down over 400 points

Unread postby LadyRuby » Tue 17 Jan 2006, 23:05:35

What's going on with Asian stock markets? Why down over 400 points?
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby Dukat_Reloaded » Wed 18 Jan 2006, 00:55:01

Nikki market is down over 7010 points, down over 5%, hehehe, I can't stop smiling, so many people losing money.
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby Dukat_Reloaded » Wed 18 Jan 2006, 00:55:52

and don't forget oil is trading at almost $67 a barrel.
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby jaws » Wed 18 Jan 2006, 01:06:01

Nikkei had an amazing year in 2005, up about 40%. I don't think a 5% dip is worrying.
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby evilgenius » Wed 18 Jan 2006, 04:12:44

Such lack of system capacity reminds me of John Kenneth Galbraith recounting the inability to process sell orders during the Great Crash.
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby lotrfan55345 » Wed 18 Jan 2006, 18:07:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gang', 'N')ikki market is down over 7010 points, down over 5%, hehehe, I can't stop smiling, so many people losing money.


You sadistic fuck!
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby lowem » Thu 19 Jan 2006, 01:21:14

abcnews.go.com :

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he three-day sell-off has wiped out more than $300 billion in shareholder value - equal to about the gross domestic product of Sweden.


... whoa!
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby Grimnir » Thu 19 Jan 2006, 07:45:48

Except it looks like it's going to gain pretty much all of it back today.
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Re: Nikkei down over 400 points. What the hell?

Unread postby lotrfan55345 » Fri 20 Jan 2006, 01:04:42

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grimnir', 'E')xcept it looks like it's going to gain pretty much all of it back today.


Yes that seems to be what happened. Good, good.
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