Jun 10 Japan Holiday Update

Today, we spent the day in Shizuoka city...shopping !!!! Just doing our little part to the Japanese economy since I "extract" yen from it monthly. There are actually some very good bargains (quality +price) in Shizuoka compared to home. We mainly bought clothes. I also indulged in a nice tea pot to pair with the Shizuoka green tea I will be bringing home. Asian stocks dropped sharply on Tuesday following mixed trading on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei shed 160.21 points to end at 14,021.17, the lowest close since May 28. During this holiday trip itself, I selectively took on additional but limited positions on the N225 Aug 17000 call (15 pts ) & the 9750 Puts (20 pts).