Sony drops to lowest in 25 years (Tokyo) as yen strengthens.

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theprof00 said:

kowenicki said:

Train wreck said:
I wish people would separate Japan as a whole issues and Sony specific issues. Today and the past couple weeks have been Japan specific issues as the country is very export driven and the prospect of global growth in the coming quarters are coming down and even worse with the added rise of the yen.


Just today:

Konami corp -17.54%
Namco Bandai -9.49%
square enix -4%
Capcom -6.59%
Sega Sammy -3.15%
Tecmo Koei -3.15%
Nintendo -3.07%

 

hmmm, ok... well the OP did that to extent , did you read it properly?

BUT there is simply no getting away from this....

Nikkei 225 over 5 yrs DOWN 50%

Sony over 5 yrs DOWN 80%

 

Also.. why are you comparing companies with very, very narrow interests with Sony Corp?  apples and oranges.

While your OP did "to an extent", it would have been nice to see the drop in context. Without this context, the article comes off very sensationalist.

I know I know, it's "just the facts" and "they should have done something to prevent this" etc etc, but from an objective standpoint, when I read the article in itself, it really comes off poorly for Sony. Upon the inclusion of market numbers, it seems like more of a market wide drop.

In that difference alone, criticism on the focus of the article is entirely justified.

Toshiba is down 3.2%, Panasonic is down 4.5%, fujitsu 3%, hitachi 4.88%

So even your "also" above, calling the references "apples and oranges" is just another detour.

 

What do you do again for work? Shouldn't you be at it right now? Surely your economics expertise and ability to spin should be going towards something a little more fruitful than posting negative articles about Sony.

well said