After losing big time in the 2007-2009 bear market, and short-term in the current market correction, they are under pressure from their investors to take less risk.

FORBES: Lots Of Cash Not Being Spent Will Choke Off The Recovery

Nomura Research said in a note from Hong Kong that nearterm downward pressure on Japanese stocks looks inevitable, but that a serious correction was unlikely.

FORBES: China Stocks Resilient Early Monday While Nikkei Below 10k

This could indicate that the correction in the futures market is largely completed and that pressure on prices from this side is easing.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission, under pressure to curb the trading abuses that many blame for the severe market correction last fall, ended a two-day meeting on short-selling and stock lending Wednesday without making any concrete pledges to change regulations.

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