GET OVER HERE and Get Your Shares Back! Toyota Tanks, Investors Cry 'TOASTY!'

Finish Him! Toyota's Stock Gets a Brutal Beatdown

Hmph. News reaches even the Netherrealm... seems Toyota's grand scheme to take Toyota Industries private has backfired faster than one of Quan Chi's resurrection attempts! Shares plummeted a whole 13%! Thirteen! That’s almost as unlucky as being on the receiving end of my spear. It appears some call it a 'disappointment'. I call it... KARMA! They sought to control and now they face the consequences. GET OVER HERE and face the music Toyota! The markets show no mercy much like myself.

Cross Shareholding: A Web of Deceit!

Ah cross shareholding... A tangled web much like the Shirai Ryu's history. These arrangements were meant to protect Toyota like a fortress but now they resemble a crumbling tower. The Financial Services Agency smells weakness and they’re circling like vultures in the Wastelands. This is just like the time Shang Tsung tried to swindle me with promises of power. Fools! You cannot buy loyalty; you can only earn it... or take it by force. But it seems now the game has changed and there are other forces at play that are no longer keen to support this cross shareholding madness!

A Price Lower Than My Tolerance for Sub Zero

Sixteen thousand three hundred yen? For a share? HA! That's lower than the temperature in Sub Zero's ice palace! Investors are howling and I can't say I blame them. They were expecting a feast and Toyota served them a dish of humble pie. Word is they even begged for a better offer only to be denied. This is an insult worthy of a thousand hellfires! Such stinginess! The special committee was "rebuffed" it seems? How foolish. One does not simply rebuff a direct request! Perhaps these executives need a demonstration of what happens when one is... uncooperative.

Trump's Tariffs: A FATALITY for Global Auto?

Even whispers from that realm known as… America reach us. President Trump with his tariffs is causing chaos much like Shao Kahn invading Earthrealm. Toyota with its reliance on the U.S. market stands to suffer. A 25% duty? That's enough to make even a vengeful specter like myself wince. This is war... economic war! And in war there are always casualties some unintended.

From Forklifts to Failure? Toyota Industries' Diverse Domains

Forklifts engines electronic components... Toyota Industries does it all. Yet diversification cannot shield them from market wrath. They are a jack of all trades but master of none it seems. If only they had focused on perfecting one craft like I have with vengeance! Then maybe their shares wouldn’t be taking such a beating. But no matter it is far too late.

The Future is Uncertain: A Warning From the Netherrealm

Will this deal ultimately benefit Toyota? Perhaps. But for now investors are feeling the burn. This is a lesson: Power is fleeting and the market is a fickle god. Remember this mortals: In the end all that remains is death... and possibly a better share price. NOW! I must return to the Netherrealm. This mortal realm's financial woes are amusing but they pale in comparison to the eternal struggle against Sub Zero. GET OVER HERE! ...to a sound investment strategy lest you end up like these poor shareholders. TOASTY!