The Hang Seng index is cratering

the markets ^ | 5/17/12 | Yahoo finance

[mylife]

The Nikkei too

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^hsi

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=^HSI+Interactive#symbol=^hsi;range=3m;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

[mylife]

Facebook will save us /s

[The Cajun]

Facebook will save us /s

Yup, that's the ticket, LOL.

[ilgipper]

If the world wide markets do crater on Friday, it will be interesting to see what effect it has on the Facebook IPOD...or If the IPO helps lessen the impact on our markets.

[mylife]

I don’t wish to seem like a chicken little but dark clouds are forming.

[SamAdams76]

I don’t wish to seem like a chicken little but dark clouds are forming.

Now is the time to listen to some great music, read some great books and sip on some top-shelf adult beverages. While you still can.

Meet you on the other side!

[comebacknewt]

Stocks hit a four-month low on Thursday as rising Spanish bond yields increased investor anxiety over that country's banks and another round of weak data undermined hopes for U.S. economic recovery.

Not sure what "weak data" they are referring to.

I listened to ABC radio news today, and they told me the latest economic reports suggest we may very well be back on our road to recovery.

[Dogbert41]

“we may very well be back on our road to recovery”

Happy Days are here again! I feel like a little Led Zep!

[GeronL]

The denial of the economic situation is incredible

[dfwgator]

Happy Days are here again! I feel like a little Led Zep!

We are gonna dance and sing in celebration, We are in the promised land.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

18 year MaCallan to the rescue.

[mylife]

Moodys downgraded several Spanish banks today.
Fitch downgraded Greece to one notch above default.

[mylife]

Well I’m with ya

[Steely Tom]

I listened to ABC radio news today, and they told me the latest economic reports suggest we may very well be back on our road to recovery.

I went to a Macy's tonight, in a Phila suburb.

There was a great big sign on every entrance door: "Positions Available."

[The Cajun]

I don’t wish to seem like a chicken little but dark clouds are forming.

They aren't going to lift till after November and even then we're going to need a bunch of luck.
25%, very diversified, still in the market and I consider that a big gamble on my part.

[ozzymandus]

Oh No! My Yuan!

[mylife]

The mid atlantic manufacturing report today had been predicted to be up 10 points.
It came in negative 5.8 points

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

More like “when the levee breaks”..

[mylife]

I’m out

[mylife]

Yuan The ****!!

[dfwgator]

Well Joe Biden definitely has been “Dazed and Confused” a lot lately.