By Martin Hutchinson, Contributing Editor, Money Morning
With a magnitude of 9.0, the March 11 earthquake in Japan was the worst in that country's 300-year history and was the fifth-worst the world has ever seen.
That trembler, coupled with the devastating tsunami that followed, ignited a flurry of fears and caused a two-day sell-off that sent Japanese stocks down 17%. The sell-off wiped out more than $650 billion in shareholder wealth.
Read More: http://moneymorning.com/2011/03/18/why-japan-is-a-buy/
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