Stock market got clocked at the opening because of weakness in japan. Its always somewhere there. We got a second straight drop in growth for a quarter and thats enough to trigger an official designation of a country in recession. Thats right, even after the japanese government pulled out all the stops, hasnt seemed to matter. Growth too hard to come by. By mid morning a wave of buying came in to take advantage of the decline. The dow closed up 13 points, the s p advanced. 07 but the nasdaq declin declined. I get the weakness. The ripple effects from japan or china, wherever else its come from where felt throughout europe where growth seems nonexistence and can only get worse. That weakness infected the overnight markets as the case for years and years and everything was drenched in red ink. The Early Morning selling is plain stupid because after the selling wave hits the scores, the positive situation that is unique to america and america alone in this world. First, unlike, say, japan