Posted on 05/26/2013 6:39:38 PM PDT by blam
The Weekend Is Over, And The Japanese Market Is Getting Clobbered
Joe Weisenthal
May 26, 2013, 8:07 PM
The weekend is over, and trading has officially whirred to life in Asia.
The big market that everyone's watching is obviously Japan, which crashed 7% on Thursday, before coming back modestly in Friday trading.
That comeback, however, faded as Nikkei futures traded throughout the day, and now the Nikkei cash market is catching up.
The Nikkei is currently off 2.8%, and USDJPY is below 102.

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Is the Japanese media obsequious enough to say their PM is helping average Japanese to SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES?
Cuz that’s what the USA media did.
Yup.
Flat earth! Just as I always thought!
So is Godzilla’s fault YET LOL!
Forget the stocks, watch the 10yr bond.
And coming to a Stock Market near you!
Yeah, I wonder what happened to “funemployment?”
What weekend is over? Since when do the Japanese honor Memorial Day? What the hell do these kids coming out of journalism school absorb to come up with such asinine headlines?
Roh NO!!!!
Rook Owt!! Itdz Mothra!!!
Ummm... the Saturday,Sunday weekend.....
“What weekend is over?”
It is already Monday in Japan.
I hear Paul Krugman is just now penning an article blaming this on the Japanese government not spending enough on their recent stimulus. That and it’s Bush’s fault.
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