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Shares of Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) fell more than 8% Friday as the market has decided it wouldn't touch the stock with a thirty-nine and a half foot pole.

And it's been that way all year.

The stock is now down 28% in 2014, making it the worst performer in the Tech 30 index. (Mobile chip company ARM Holding (ARMH, Tech30) had been the biggest loser before Friday.)

The huge loss in the third quarter is troubling enough. It's a sign that not all of Amazon's big investments are paying off. The Fire Phone, which Amazon hyped to death because it was a 3-D smartphone, has been an unmitigated flop.

But it's even more alarming that Amazon's fourth quarter sales projections are worse than expected.

Amazon, like all retailers, live and die by holiday shopping. If Amazon has a lousy fourth quarter, it's hard to make a compelling case for why the stock could go much higher anytime soon.

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Asian markets were mixed following strong gains on Wall Street, with Tokyo enjoying a significant bump due to the US dollar's rise against the yen.

In Tokyo, stocks climbed as the US dollar - trading at its strongest levels in two weeks - rose into the Y108 range, with risk sentiment lifted by encouraging Chinese manufacturing data and solid readings for Eurozone business activity on Thursday.

A weak yen is positive for Japanese exporters as it makes them more competitive abroad and inflates profits when repatriated.

"The weaker yen should naturally benefit Japan stocks, and help to highlight the fact that shares are looking cheap from many perspectives," said Mutsumi Kagawa, senior global strategist at Tokai Tokyo Research Center.

Despite Tokyo's rise, investors will be keeping a close eye on the situation in New York where officials on Friday confirmed the city's first known case of the Ebola virus.

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The dollar was lower against the yen in Asia trade Friday, with news of a new Ebola patient in New York prompting investors to switch to the perceived safety of the Japanese currency.

The situation cleared to some extent, as a fresh round of global data including Eurozone PMI reduced fears about the global economic slowdown, causing US Treasury yields to rise.

However, news of the Ebola patient fed risk aversion, prompting buying of the yen, considered a safe harbor in uncertain times.

A doctor who returned to New York City recently after treating Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the virus Thursday. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said authorities had been preparing for an Ebola case for weeks and followed new protocols “very precisely.”

In addition, investors were reluctant to make major moves ahead of big events such as the outcome of European stress tests scheduled for Sunday, as well as the policy meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee and the Bank of Japan next week.

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