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Asia stocks plunge after Europe elections, US data
Associated Press ^ | May 6, 2012

Posted on 05/06/2012 7:56:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stocks are sliding after elections in Greece and France heightened uncertainty about Europe's ability to solve its debt crisis.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index has plunged 2.5 percent Monday to 9,142.47. Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled 2.5 percent to 20,564.87. South Korea's Kospi shed 1.7 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at wxow.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; meltdown; stockmarket
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1 posted on 05/06/2012 7:56:40 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Lovely


2 posted on 05/06/2012 7:59:18 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

...and so it begins. Debt and unemployment like we’ve never seen.


3 posted on 05/06/2012 8:00:51 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Strap in, boys.


4 posted on 05/06/2012 8:02:06 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: muleskinner

Here we go


5 posted on 05/06/2012 8:02:57 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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Eventually the central banks will be told to pound sand and a full economic reset will be done.


6 posted on 05/06/2012 8:06:31 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

FOREWARD!


7 posted on 05/06/2012 8:07:21 PM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I should have gotten out. Should have seen this coming. :-(


8 posted on 05/06/2012 8:08:49 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So the Asians could see that our MSM was lying when they said unemployment fell?


9 posted on 05/06/2012 8:09:45 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hory Clap!


10 posted on 05/06/2012 8:10:36 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
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To: DonaldC

YEP


11 posted on 05/06/2012 8:11:10 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Billthedrill

Bill....no man is an island. I told all of my friends to bail last May.


12 posted on 05/06/2012 8:12:15 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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Not sure this one development will sink us, but it seems our economy is so weak under Obama that who gets elected in France can harpoon the USA. That shouldn’t be the case.

Oh great I’m listening to the news now. This socialist bum will increase spending and debt, is anti-American, anti-NATO, and plans to pull out of Afghanistan. A perfect friend for Obama.


13 posted on 05/06/2012 8:18:45 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good luck Wi Ping


14 posted on 05/06/2012 8:18:50 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And next the Socialists will have to invade and steal any wealth that their neighboring countries have left. History will repeat.


15 posted on 05/06/2012 8:20:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (To the left wrong is right, down is up and backward is "Forward")
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To: Mark

16 posted on 05/06/2012 8:21:16 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY (Live Free Or Die)
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To: Billthedrill

If Eurozone financial eruptions of the recent past are any guide, you might have a little flight to safety rally into which you can sell. It’s not necessarily going to be bad for US holdings in the very near term.

All that scared money has to land somewhere, and we’ve benefitted twice from just this effect since 2008. If it drives the dollar up as well, and it has in the recent past, there could be an opportunity to exit into another currency with a little cushion, too.

In times od Euro panic, we appear to suck less and therefore benefit, weird as it sounds.


17 posted on 05/06/2012 8:25:02 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Not sure this one development will sink us, but it seems our economy is so weak under Obama that who gets elected in France can harpoon the USA. That shouldn’t be the case.”

YES


18 posted on 05/06/2012 8:26:16 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Billthedrill

When the stocks reached 5 year highs last week you knew the “Dump” part of “Pump and Dump” was coming soon


19 posted on 05/06/2012 8:29:17 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Stock market drop, unemployment up, and a recession is the perfect recipe for a defeat of our sociopathic socialist president.
Axis-rod can eat sh**!


20 posted on 05/06/2012 8:32:41 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot.)
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