Over the past week, financial markets worldwide have been jolted. This past Wednesday, markets plummeted for the third straight day on fears that a partial meltdown may have occurred at a nuclear plant in Japan. As a consequence, stocks erased nearly all of their profits for 2011. The Dow lost 3.6 percent over a three day period, its worst three-day loss since July, 2010. At the same time, Treasury prices jumped and yields sank to their lowest levels this year as investors ran to investments perceived to provide more stability. Bill Stone, chief investment strategist with PNC Wealth Management, stated "Investors are moving away from anything that has an element of risk with it because they don't know what's happening in Japan.
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