I was just about to go to sleep when I noticed the Nikkei crashed 4 percent and trading was suspended. All of the Asian markets seem to be affected. Tomorrow will be an interesting day for stocks.
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The big yikes for me came when Yahoo didn’t live up to expectations causing Google to drop double digits. I’m still up huge from when I bought it a while ago, but I can’t help but feel like a pig on days like these!
But, i’m sticking to my plan to hold it until it reports earnings. Wish me luck!
I heard about this on BBC radio last night. It’s a good way to get world news. The main thing causing the run was a company called InsideDoor or something like that. The tech stock was being investigated and I guess the drop in its prices was making margin calls and so ppl were dumping their porfolios to cover the calls.