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Originally posted by airvicemarshal
Is this the start of the great crash, the one that will see the Dow plunge to 5,500 or less?
There really is no reason for hope at the moment and every reason for panic.
As the old stock market saying goes...
"Sell in May
And go away"
Originally posted by GreenBicMan
reply to post by ventian
It's not
The OP doesn't really make sense IMO
finviz.com...
Uptrend still looks pretty intact to me personally
[edit on 17-5-2010 by GreenBicMan]
There really is no reason for hope at the moment and every reason for panic.
Shanghai (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Shanghai stocks took a plunge today, dragging the rest of Asia. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 5.07 per cent. On Japan, the Nikkei index lost 2.17 per cent. Similarly, Hong Kong tumbled with its benchmark Hang Seng Index losing 2.14 per cent. Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session down (- 2.06 per cent). Thai shares fell 2.5 per cent amid an escalating domestic political crisis. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 2.6 per cent, whilst Singapore kept losses at a minimum (-0.75 per cent).
Banks and real estate companies led the decline in China as new, more restrictive government measures came into effect. However, investors across Asia took the cue from the downtrend on Wall Street on Friday, and signs of crisis in the Euro zone.
“The European debt problem will impact the (pace of) economic recovery. It's not just Greece; all European countries will have to work hard to reduce deficits,” Andrew Teng, Assistant Vice President at Taiwan International Securities, said,
What is more, “It's not just the problem of Greece's debt burdening the euro, but also the lingering fears of wider contagion," said Hideaki Inoue, chief manager of foreign exchange and financial products trading at Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation.
Markets have thus confirmed doubts among Asia investors that the European Union’s € 720 billion fund will not be enough to stop the crisis from spreading.
After dealing a knockout blow to the Greek economy, the crisis could in effect affect other economies in the near future.