The Market Vectors Russia (RSX) ETF is down 0.3% as oil prices fall from the highs once associated with the Iran-Israel nuclear standoff.

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If the Fed gets its act together, Japan's economy should rev up again as oil prices and shipping rates fall.

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Unemployment, informally estimated at 4m in a country of 70m-plus people, is set to rise as government revenues fall with diving oil prices.

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As these perils recede, oil prices will fall.

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Simmons contends that traders were forced to liquidate oil contracts as credit dried up, causing prices to fall.

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Still, foreign money has flooded into Indian stocks, particularly since early April, when oil and gold prices began to fall seen as good for India's financial health and the Bank of Japan announced its drastic monetary-stimulus program.

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