However there is, of course, some concern about overheating with some of these tech stocks.

Investors are just concentrating on high-techs and companies with solid earnings. The market hasn't been able to shift away from those two themes.

In particular, it's hard to judge what will happen with the upper house -- we just have to wait.

Domestic financial institutions have incurred losses in the bond market and they are selling stocks to offset these losses.

Once (players) grab dividend rights they seem no longer interested.

In the long term this is going to be a setback for the market ... It is likely to gradually lessen trade by individual investors.

I think we can manage to make up the value of yesterday's steep falls.

Investors are definitely showing a positive reaction to the report about Sony.

The market is filled with uncertainty. Calm will not return until U.S. markets open and we can reevaluate the U.S. government's response to the attacks.