what happend in japan ???

blinko

what happend in japan ??? WOW is now the time to buy into japan if thats possible from what i understand they have stopped trading at tokoyo !!

is this the end of the bull run already do you think or just a minor glitch ??

Deemy

Shocking isn't it ! :eek:

Japan today, Europe / USA next

What to do ?

if your in for the long-term i.e. > 3 years then hold.. so I will keep the long, long-term jap investment trust. I can't say what it will do in the immediate term, it may bounce or it may mark a 2000 point retracement, don't have a real clue

Personally, been liquidating individua stocks since early November and just leaving the long-term positions until late 2006. Barely have 40% of my original portfolio invested. As the market (FTSE) appears to be matchign expectations ie. a rally to 5700 early 2006 and then down to BELOW 5400 by late summer.

Its not going to be an easy ride like what most of 2005 was

skiddy2k

tuff one... investors may loose confidence for a while, causing shares to dip even firther, or investors will think that stocks are finaly cheap and they buy them as soon as the stockexchange opens... i think investors have lost confidence and japan's gonna have some problems for the next few weeks... at least. gonna have a fairly big impact on all the other exchanges for other countries as well

cheerfulcat

blinko wrote:

what happend in japan ??? WOW is now the time to buy into japan if thats possible from what i understand they have stopped trading at tokoyo !!

is this the end of the bull run already do you think or just a minor glitch ??

Hi, blinko,

It *seems* to be a combination of a technical glitch and some actual funny business. There appear to have been reverberations through other markets. But this is the nature of stock markets.

dunstonh

Oh good. I am putting some money in this week and always nice to see a drop occur when i do that.

whiteflag_3

cheerfulcat wrote:

Hi, blinko,

It *seems* to be a combination of a technical glitch and some actual funny business. There appear to have been reverberations through other markets. But this is the nature of stock markets.

Well done ! sensible as ever . Your right it looks like there was some rumors of dodgy dealings that spooked the market. Other markets seem to be recovering already.

al_yrpal

Sold all my Far East stuff this morning. Confidence is all, and Tokyo lost it today. Just a bit early as I was going for some B&B's in March anyway.

My guess is that it will hit the US markets quite hard, the investors who couldn't sell in Tokyo today because of the logjam are itching to pile into the selloff tommorow, plus even more spooked by the US falls, and that will then hit London tommorow, the NYSE... going round and round the world until equilibrium is reached. The Koreans were already losing their grip after the 'float the won' announcement. Wouldnt be surpised at a significant fall worldwide, with a big fall in Asia.

I reckon in about two weeks it will be at rock bottom and time to buy back into Asia because the fundementals are still looking good.

cheerfulcat

Thanks, whiteflag! Yes, markets seem to be recovering nicely, especially now that the US has opened. It really does seem to have been sheer panic...

hobbesandco

i second dunstonh. looking to buy fairly soon...have been thinking of doing it for several months but wanted the index to dip a little.