Asian Markets Down

The Asian markets respond to Wall Street’s record one day loss, with their own massive sell off.

Japan’s Nikke down 11.%
Topix down 8.3%
Hang Seng down 7.5%
Shanghai down 3.8%

(As of 11:00 pm PST)

It‘s a worldwide panic. Investors around the globe look for liquidity as a defensive measure.

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