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Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here.

I'm your host, Criselle, and joining me in studio this week for Motley Fool Income Investor,

James Early, for Motley Fool Hidden Jams, Andy Cross, and for Million Dollar Portfolio,

Mr. Ron Gross. Good to see you, gentlemen. How you doing?

You, Chris. We've got the latest from retail, media, technology, and more.

Just in time for Father's Day, we will share some of the best pearls of wisdom from dad.

And as always, we've got a few stocks on our radar.

But we begin with the big macro, volatility returning to the US markets this week.

And much of the credit or blame going to overseas markets, specifically Japan.

And the Nikkei Index down around 15% from its highs in May.

James Early, what is going on here, and what does it mean for US investors?

Chris, it's pretty interesting. Japanese stocks were on fire, Chris, until kind of the end of May.

And now they've just been hammered down 23%. I want to say, since that,

there are basically two reasons being talked about. And the first is kind of the funnier one,

that US interest rates have risen. That's hilarious, right?

The US interest rates are up. And so because of that,

traders, and there's speculation that the US might withdraw on its quantitative easing.

So somehow, traders worldwide are pulling out of Japan, which is intriguing,

because it makes Japan seem like a total accessory. I mean, as an example,

this is embarrassing story, but in college, a bunch of friends and I said,

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