|
|
|
 |
Past
articles and themes from |
 |
|
October 2008 |
|
|
|
In this section of the
site you can find all the past articles that have been added for
reading. Just click the title that interests you. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
UBS
also planning to eliminate Investment Banking Jobs (Bloomberg)
 |
U.S. $700 billion rescue package
is passed by Senate (AP) |
Oil prices dive 4 % on demand
worry (Reuters) |
|
|
|
Senate to vote on revamped financial rescue plan
(AP) |
Feeling confident yet?
|
Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan reportedly
considering Japan merger (AP)
|
|
|
|
Easing overnight money rates, but period rates remaining frozen
(Reuters) |
U.S. weekly initial jobless claims advance on eve of employment data
(MarketWatch) |
Wachovia being acquired by Wells Fargo for $15.1 billion
(AP) |
|
|
|
Shaken by volatility |
UBS announces first profitable quarter in one year (Bloomberg) |
Asian markets decline sharply on U.S. economic fears
(MarketWatch) |
|
|
|
A rally for most Asian markets as hope for US bailout
rises (AP) |
Wall Street declines on credit tightness, grim
economic data (Reuters)
|
Payrolls dropped by a higher than expected 159,000 in September
(MarketWatch) |
|
|
|
European
markets start Q4 on a positive note (MarketWatch) |
Markets in Asia decline despite Senate rescue plan
approval (AP)
|
Deals announced and jobs data reported
|
|
|
|
Euro gains against US dollar ahead of Senate bailout
vota (AP)
|
London
soared on hopes that the bailout plan could still be approved and
finally they did it. (MarketWatch)
|
Wall Street
drops on economic data, tightening credit (Reuters)
|
|
|
|
Frozen assets for Lehman's hedge-fund clients
(Bloomberg)
|
Dollar gains following bank rescue bill by the Senate
(Bloomberg)
|
Stocks in
London fall fearing a big drop in U.S. jobs data (MarketWatch)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold heading to a
2-Year Low on deflation threat (Bloomberg)
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Crisis deepens in Europe, bank rescue plans deployed (Bloomberg) |
Oil rebounds to $89 after falling to 8-month low (AP) |
Chancelor of the Exchequer releases U.K. bank
rescue plan (MarketWatch)
|
The Administration is looking into acquiring stakes
in banks (AP) |
Oil prices drop sharply due to concerns on global
slowdown (AP) |
|
Interbank lending grinds to a halt on mounting credit concerns
(Reuters)
|
Bold plan by the Fed |
Fears of economic slowdown
pressure oil prices back to $87 (AP) |
Mixed
results for Asian markets on Thursday (MarketWatch)
|
N.A.M. Gold
and Interest Fund
|
|
Oil prices slip under $90 on demand concerns
(Bloomberg)
|
Asian markets
end mixed on bold RBA rate cut (MarketWatch)
|
Financial sector continues to suffer despite efforts
to limit damage (AP) |
Pressure on G7 to rate cuts will give some hope? |
Global Meltdown |
|
The Contagion Spreads and Deepens |
Dow Jones below
10,000 as credit and recession fears spread (Reuters) |
Iceland is strugling to avoid bankruptcy (AP)
|
FTSE rises
sharply on rallying banks and commodities (Reuters)
|
A last minute avalanche of selling drove the Dow down
679 points (AP)
|
|
Shares in Asia drop sharply on fears crisis is
spreading (AP)
|
European
markets reverse early gains falling by 1% as on bank troubles (Reuters) |
Asian stocks plummet as there seems to be no end to
credit market woes (AP)
|
Yen declines against higher yielding currencies on rate cuts
(Reuters)
|
Fear from huge Wall Street sell-off drives Asian
markets’ tumble (AP)
|
|
Stocks in
Europe plunge upon opening (Reuters) |
Yen declines following the RBA rate cut (Bloomberg) |
Central banks, Fed, BOE, ECB and others reduce
interest rates (MarketWatch) |
|
Banks and miners drag the FTSE below 4,000 points
(MarketWatch) |
|
Euro tumbles, dollar and
yen advance as stocks drop (MarketWatch) |
British pound drops on UK govt funding rumors for RBS (Reuters) |
Rates slashed by central banks revive futures briefly
|
|
The yen continues to gain against major
currencies (MarketWatch)
|
|
|
|
CAC-40 index trade halted for 15 mins on sell-offs
(Reuters)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yen rises on falling
stocks (Bloomberg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses grew for hedge funds in September (Reuters)
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
|
|
|
Oil rebounds in Asia on Europe bank rescue plan (AP) |
Oil rises above $83 as financial panic eases (AP) |
Oil falls to below $78 on recession fears (AP)
|
|
|
|
Futures rise on bank rescue plan (Reuters) |
U.S. stock futures rise on bank
equity plan (Reuters) |
Federal bank buys pitched to &250 billion won’t lead
to an economic fix (AP)
|
|
|
|
Is this the dawn or the dusk of a new day? |
Morgan seals deal with Mitsubishi
(CNNMoney.com)
|
Asian stock markets stall after 2-day rally as Hong
Kong sinks 5%. (AP)
|
|
|
|
Most Asian markets rise after last week's rout (AP) |
When smiles appeared…. |
Bank of Japan Offers Unlimited Dollars to Banks
(Bloomberg) |
|
|
|
Europe stocks rally at the open, up about 5% (Marketwatch) |
Asia stocks soar after US rally; Nikkei up 14 pct
(AP)
|
A big question for all of us…
|
|
|
|
Russia stocks open mixed (AP) |
London climbs again as rescue efforts gather pace (Marketwatch)
|
Stocks in Europe, Asia Drop on Economy (Bloomberg)
|
|
|
|
G7 Rescue Plan Boosts Confidence - Is the Worst
Behind Us? (DailyFX)
|
Euro leaves dollar, yen behind as govts rescue
banks (Reuters) |
Declining U.S. Retail Sales Would Validate Bullish
Euro Technical Outlook (Daily
FX) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
|
Oil prices fell to 14-month low on worsening US
macroeconomics (AP) |
Oil prices rise sharply as investors believe
recession fears overblown (AP) |
|
|
Asian Stocks mostly higher on government support for
regional markets (Bloomberg)
|
|
Swiss banks bailed out and raising
capital (Bloomberg) |
Stock markets in Asia trading mixed after rally on
Wall Street (AP) |
|
|
Oil prices advancing on OPEC production cut
expectations (AP) |
|
Caution
before data |
Stock market volatility possible today on 80 million options expiry
(Bloomberg)
|
|
|
Global Stocks, U.S. Index Futures Gain; ING, Ericsson Rally
(Bloomberg)
|
|
Asian markets plunge on U.S. recession fears (AP)
|
High volatility hinging on instability and investor
concern
|
|
|
Interbank
dollar pressures ease as banks lend
(Reuters)
|
|
Dollar rises on profit
taking following market turmoil (MarketWatch) |
Euro advances against dollar;
stocks rise (AP) |
|
|
British home asking prices down 4.9% annually
(MarketWatch)
|
|
Chicago Hedge Fund loses 30% on Bond, Stock
Losses (Bloomberg) |
Euro advances against dollar;
stocks rise (AP) |
|
|
European stocks rose as commods and banks tracked higher
(Bloomberg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
India's central bank cuts interest rates to 8%,
cuts by 1%
(MarketWatch)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yen, dollar slip on revived risk appetite
(MarketWatch) |
|
|
|
|
|
R3 Capital Closes on Settlement Agreement with Lehman
Brothers Holdings Estate
(PRNewswire)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Merrill CEO says crunch easing but pain awaits
(Reuters)
|
|
|
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
|
U.S. markets ended higher on hopes of credit recovery
(AP)
|
Credit markets
ease but economic gloom prevails in markets |
Asia stocks plunge on profit fears (AP) |
Asian stocks dropped sharply,
Nikkei below 8000 points
(AP) |
|
|
Asian stocks advance on easing credit markets, US economic aid
possibility (AP) |
Weak corporate earnings outlook hits Asian markets
(AP) |
U.S. stocks continue sell-off on weak earnings (MarketWatch) |
European stocks fall on profit warnings, emerging market sell-offs
(Reuters)
|
|
|
OPEC considering output cut, crude price rallies 3.3% (MarketWatch) |
Wall Street
down on weak profit view (Reuters) |
Oil gains to over $67 after sharp fall, as OPEC meeting approaches
(Reuters)
|
OPEC to cut production by 1.5 million barrels in November (Bloomberg)
|
|
|
Corporate results at center stage
|
Oil slips under $70 on US recession fears (AP)
|
Unrelenting pessimism
|
Sea of red spreading
|
|
|
|
One-day dollar Libor down to lowest
in over four years
(Bloomberg)
|
Russian stocks follow Asian, US stocks lower (AP)
|
Russian Stocks drop on credit concerns spread; Micex
trading suspended (Bloomberg)
|
|
|
|
Credit markets
ease but economic gloom prevails in markets
|
FDIC: New foreclosure
prevention plan on tap
|
Oil trades around $63 despite
OPEC cuts output (AP)
|
|
|
|
Dollar
movements against major currencies (AP) |
Euro falls to US$1.2800
(AP)
|
Wall Street
Heads for Another Big Drop (AP)
|
|
|
|
Earnings also pushing European markets down (AP) |
Dollar boosted by exit from emerging markets
(Reuters)
|
Futures frozen after steep plunge (Reuters) |
|
|
|
Money-market rates rise
in Asia (Bloomberg)
|
|
Athens shares down nearly 12
percent |
|
|
|
European
shares weaken in early trading
(MarketWatch)
|
|
Futures frozen after steep plunge (Reuters) |
|
|
|
Dollar movements against major currencies (AP)
|
|
Dow Loses 400 in Opening Minutes
(AP) |
|
|
|
One-day dollar Libor down to lowest
in over four years
(Bloomberg)
|
|
Netgear shares
fall 9 percent after weak 3Q report |
|
|
|
|
|
US dollar
falls to 95.32 yen, lowest in 13 years |
|
|
|
|
|
US dollar falls to 13-year low
against the yen (AP)
|
|
|
|
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
|
|
OPEC output cut ignored as oil
falls to $63 (AP)
|
|
Oil prices rebound to $64 in Asia after multi-month
lows (AP) |
Fed cuts rates
indicates grim outlook and long recovery (CNNMoney.com)
|
|
|
IMF set to grant loans to the Ukraine and Hungary
(AP)
|
|
Swap deal between the Fed and New Zealand's
central bank for $15B (AP) |
Fed arranges more swap line deals
with emerging markets (MarketWatch)
|
|
|
Lehman fallout
hits Japan's vulnerable elderly (Reuters)
|
|
China is delaying margin lending, short selling launch (MarketWatch) |
Further increase in oil prices on
weak dollar, Fed cut (Reuters) |
|
|
German business confidence falls more than expected (Bloomberg)
|
|
Waiting for the Fed’s interest
rate decision (ISFM) |
Delta, Northwest merger going through with DOJ approval
(MarketWatch)
|
|
|
Oil falls below $62 as investor’s eye weak demand
(AP)
|
|
Most Asian markets end higher following the rally on
Wall Street (AP)
|
Will the fragile calm be shattered by data?
(ISFM) |
|
|
Governments and central banks continue trying to stem
the flow (ISFM)
|
|
Stocks on Wall Street soared on rate-cut hopes
(Reuters)
|
Asian stock markets reacting
positively to Fed rate cut (AP)
|
|
|
Stocks in Japan tumbled to 20-year lows
(Bloomberg)
|
|
European shares surging after US, Asia on surging
banks (Reuters)
|
European shares extend gains on third day (MarketWatch)
|
|
|
Asian markets slide further; Nikkei at 26-year low
(AP)
|
|
Yen rebounds on
falling U.S. Futures as recession concerns resurface (Bloomberg)
|
Stock prices
advance after GDP report (AP) |
|
|
European shares plunging in early trading
(MarketWatch)
|
|
|
Euro and pound gain after Fed cuts rates (AP)
|
|
|
G-7 countries worried about Japanese currency (AP)
|
|
|
|
|
|
More hedge-fund selling expected this week on weak data,
deleveraging (AP) |
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Treasury
to invest in City National Bank-L.A. Times (Reuters)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
Oil falls below $65 on US contraction (AP)
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. banks
owe billions in pay, pensions to executives: WSJ (Reuters)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NYSE Euronext profit drops 33% (MarketWatch)
|
|
|
|
|
|
What is
next???
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia markets mixed; Nikkei slides despite rate cut in
7 years (AP) |
|
|
|
|
|
Yen, Dollar Rise as Recession Woes Hit High-Yielding Currencies
(Bloomberg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dollar higher, gold falls in morning trading (AP)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
