Seoul Slump Leads Asia Stock Rout as Markets Brace for Energy Shock

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setia100
03-04
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OMG... Korea also at war ❓❓❓😲
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Kimchi liao
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03-04
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Sometimes having public holidays when other markets are falling got good and bad [Grin]

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And there&#39;s been escalation, because the ‌war is ⁠now broadening out to include allies of the U.S.,&#34; said Damien Boey, portfolio strategist at Wilson Asset Management in Sydney.</p><p>&#34;Oil infrastructure seems to be under attack ... so people are having to think about what is the duration of all of that.&#34;</p><p>Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are all energy importers and have also been equity markets that gained strongly recently, and are taking extra selling pressure as investors cash ⁠out of winning positions globally and hunker down.</p><p>Gold, another strong gainer this year, fell about 4.5% overnight while a rally in the Aussie dollar has hit a speed bump and it slid below 70 cents on Wednesday.</p><p>On Wall Street, indexes pared heavier losses overnight but ⁠the S&amp;P 500 closed 0.8% lower on fear over potentially prolonged higher oil prices.</p><p>&#34;The biggest issue that (investors) are trying to weigh gets back to the intertwining of inflation and interest rates,&#34; said Chuck Carlson, CEO at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, ⁠Indiana.</p><p>&#34;Are energy prices going to remain elevated for a longer period of time than people thought yesterday, and then does that pass through?&#34;</p><p>The euro was pinned at $1.16 as investors expect Europe will be hit hard by higher energy costs. 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And there&#39;s been escalation, because the ‌war is ⁠now broadening out to include allies of the U.S.,&#34; said Damien Boey, portfolio strategist at Wilson Asset Management in Sydney.</p><p>&#34;Oil infrastructure seems to be under attack ... so people are having to think about what is the duration of all of that.&#34;</p><p>Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are all energy importers and have also been equity markets that gained strongly recently, and are taking extra selling pressure as investors cash ⁠out of winning positions globally and hunker down.</p><p>Gold, another strong gainer this year, fell about 4.5% overnight while a rally in the Aussie dollar has hit a speed bump and it slid below 70 cents on Wednesday.</p><p>On Wall Street, indexes pared heavier losses overnight but ⁠the S&amp;P 500 closed 0.8% lower on fear over potentially prolonged higher oil prices.</p><p>&#34;The biggest issue that (investors) are trying to weigh gets back to the intertwining of inflation and interest rates,&#34; said Chuck Carlson, CEO at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, ⁠Indiana.</p><p>&#34;Are energy prices going to remain elevated for a longer period of time than people thought yesterday, and then does that pass through?&#34;</p><p>The euro was pinned at $1.16 as investors expect Europe will be hit hard by higher energy costs. 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And there's been escalation, because the ‌war is ⁠now broadening out to include allies of the U.S.,\" said Damien Boey, portfolio strategist at Wilson Asset Management in Sydney.\"Oil infrastructure seems to be under attack ... so people are having to think about what is the duration of all of that.\"Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are all energy importers and have also been equity markets that gained strongly recently, and are taking extra selling pressure as investors cash ⁠out of winning positions globally and hunker down.Gold, another strong gainer this year, fell about 4.5% overnight while a rally in the Aussie dollar has hit a speed bump and it slid below 70 cents on Wednesday.On Wall Street, indexes pared heavier losses overnight but ⁠the S&P 500 closed 0.8% lower on fear over potentially prolonged higher oil prices.\"The biggest issue that (investors) are trying to weigh gets back to the intertwining of inflation and interest rates,\" said Chuck Carlson, CEO at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, ⁠Indiana.\"Are energy prices going to remain elevated for a longer period of time than people thought yesterday, and then does that pass through?\"The euro was pinned at $1.16 as investors expect Europe will be hit hard by higher energy costs. 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And there&#39;s been escalation, because the ‌war is ⁠now broadening out to include allies of the U.S.,&#34; said Damien Boey, portfolio strategist at Wilson Asset Management in Sydney.</p><p>&#34;Oil infrastructure seems to be under attack ... so people are having to think about what is the duration of all of that.&#34;</p><p>Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are all energy importers and have also been equity markets that gained strongly recently, and are taking extra selling pressure as investors cash ⁠out of winning positions globally and hunker down.</p><p>Gold, another strong gainer this year, fell about 4.5% overnight while a rally in the Aussie dollar has hit a speed bump and it slid below 70 cents on Wednesday.</p><p>On Wall Street, indexes pared heavier losses overnight but ⁠the S&amp;P 500 closed 0.8% lower on fear over potentially prolonged higher oil prices.</p><p>&#34;The biggest issue that (investors) are trying to weigh gets back to the intertwining of inflation and interest rates,&#34; said Chuck Carlson, CEO at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, ⁠Indiana.</p><p>&#34;Are energy prices going to remain elevated for a longer period of time than people thought yesterday, and then does that pass through?&#34;</p><p>The euro was pinned at $1.16 as investors expect Europe will be hit hard by higher energy costs. 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And there's been escalation, because the ‌war is ⁠now broadening out to include allies of the U.S.,\" said Damien Boey, portfolio strategist at Wilson Asset Management in Sydney.\"Oil infrastructure seems to be under attack ... so people are having to think about what is the duration of all of that.\"Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are all energy importers and have also been equity markets that gained strongly recently, and are taking extra selling pressure as investors cash ⁠out of winning positions globally and hunker down.Gold, another strong gainer this year, fell about 4.5% overnight while a rally in the Aussie dollar has hit a speed bump and it slid below 70 cents on Wednesday.On Wall Street, indexes pared heavier losses overnight but ⁠the S&P 500 closed 0.8% lower on fear over potentially prolonged higher oil prices.\"The biggest issue that (investors) are trying to weigh gets back to the intertwining of inflation and interest rates,\" said Chuck Carlson, CEO at Horizon Investment Services in Hammond, ⁠Indiana.\"Are energy prices going to remain elevated for a longer period of time than people thought yesterday, and then does that pass through?\"The euro was pinned at $1.16 as investors expect Europe will be hit hard by higher energy costs. 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