Japan's Nikkei down 13%. That would be like the Dow Jones being down almost 1,600 points

[Cali_Democrat]

Yikes!

[roamer65]

1. It will likely spread to other markets today.

[onehandle]

2. The week's early and the overnights are not looking good for us. nt

[still_one]

3. The Dow futures is down about 240 points right now /nt

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Yup. S&P futures down about 30

It looks like investors are really giving Japanese stocks a beating. I'll be curious to see what happens when European markets open at 12:00am pst

[still_one]

8. It won't be pretty, and if it turns out to be a full melt down, it will be a wipe out everywhere.

Of course that is minor compared to the human tragedy that is occurring

[Fuddnik]

4. Guess we posted at the same time.

[last_texas_dem]

6. I'm guessing Larry Kudlow is no longer sure whether or not he should be "grateful."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/13/larry-kudlow-human-toll-japan_n_835067.html

[Rex]

7. With all the other things going on in Japan, this seems like the last

to worry about...well for the working class.