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Nikkei down sharply (nearly 700 at one point; -500 now)
Posted on 01/17/2006 8:56:46 PM PST by steve86
Following sharp decline yesterday and poor reports and forecasts from Intel, Yahoo, and IBM (revenue miss). If it's any consolation, gold bullion is down to match.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: bearmarket; equities; stockmarket
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To: Cold Heat
To: Cold Heat
Futures look like a bad day.....
We shall see if the adults regain control.
I'm glad I got out last year........
To: JennysCool
"Trust Fund Layabout."
LOL. All the poor, misunderstood "children of means" in my acquaintance have been pretty far to the left, politically. That's why I called them "Trust Fundies." The ones that get it don't like it very much.
To: Liberty Valance
I cashed out last week except for a lot of oil/gas/ related stocks.
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posted on
01/17/2006 10:09:32 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(I can give you my opinion, but I can't understand it for you.)
To: RegulatorCountry; Cold Heat; RWR8189
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Just CHIPS!
I hate CHIPS!
Every dollar I ever lost was on CHIPS!
This entire upchuck appears to be chip related. I don't think there is any money left in that business, and far too much over production capability.
Just stay away from chips, and I think you can make money. Unfortunately, I am too risk averse to play anymore. The chips got me.
Indexes should be only moderately higher in 06. But individual stocks and some sectors should be good. I don't see anything to worry about in the U.S.
I don't buy into that real estate BS.
To: Cold Heat
Just CHIPS!See, you should have gone with the CLOUDS (Crummy, Lousy, Obscure, Undesirable Dirt Stocks). LOL
To: ARealMothersSonForever
his point is that having the exchange yell 'we may halt early' on a sharp selloff day only accellerates the negativity. he is using the NYSE as an EXAMPLE of one factor impacting sentiment in tokyo.
His comment was hypothetical.
To: WoofDog123
I know that it was hypothetical now. Last night it was not clear.
BTW, decent news from the fed: AP Economic Activity Continues to Expand Wednesday January 18, 2:08 pm ET By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer Economic Activity Continues to Expand; Housing Market Shows Signs of Cooling
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060118/fed_economy.html?.v=3
To: BearWash
Up 264 tonight after 45 minutes of trading.
Like I said, the U.S. markets in early 2000 acted schizophrenic and volatile just like that.
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:16:05 PM PST
by
steve86
(PRO-LIFE AND ANTI-GREED)
To: xrp
Considering that Japan's stock market was up 40% last year, I'd say he was probably right. About theirs, anyway.
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:19:55 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: Cold Heat
US small cap value has been on fire. The midcaps generally have done well, solid not spectacular. It is only big growth stocks that are underperformance, those and of course bonds were weak (and likely to stay that way - rates quite modest).
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:23:25 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: JasonC
Yes, I agree with all you said. Having agreed, I still see a hesitancy to go into a full bull market. I think it will crab walk sideways for a time, until there is some certainty to the energy situation, or at least some solid expectations.
Right now, with Iran and China, and our entire future on the line with the Iraqi's, the market's rear end is just a bit too tight (anal retentive) to let loose.......:-)
To: Cold Heat
Overall, the market will go sideways to up slightly, but that involves a lot of large cap underperformance about overseas and macro stuff, masking the entirely bull market performance of US smaller companies, who benefit directly from the strong economic growth here, without worrying about such headwinds, really. A conservative investor can park everything in a midcap index and will do fine. More aggressive ones can go looking in the small value area for winners, and there will be plenty of them.
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:05:15 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: Cold Heat
P.S. Midcap index has doubled since 2nd quarter of 2003. That's not sideways.
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:10:53 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: JasonC
Yeah, plenty of money to be made....I wish I had the time horizon and some cash that I am not totally dependent on....
I am too late to this, and still smarting from losses in 2000 and 2001.
My exposure now is in my remaining retirement fund and it is all in one company...Northrup
To: JasonC
P.S. Midcap index has doubled since 2nd quarter of 2003. That's not sideways.Yeah, but I don't think 2006 will be that good. However, I am not bearish...
To: Cold Heat
I'll take 15% :-)
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:25:28 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: JasonC
15 is damn good...
Better than the 1.5 or whatever they are paying for bank savings.
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