Friday's Japanese earthquakes, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown is obviously a financial apocalypse not only for Japan, but also the world. $100 Billion+ in damages alone. Then there is the human toll...not only are there huge losses of life, but there is also the huge loss of "consumers" in Japan. The economic impact will be here for years. While stock markets around the world are down today, they seem to have taken the disaster fairly well. Middle East violence appears to have a larger impact.