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Posts Tagged ‘ Msci World Index ’

Recession Fears Hit Home as World Markets Plummet and U.S. Economy Contracts

Oct 27th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Financial News

Fear of a global recession is quickly becoming reality as world markets have lost $10 trillion in value in the month of October and the U.S. economy almost certainly contracted in the third quarter.



Round Two? $1.2 Trillion Corporate-Debt CDO Wipeout

Oct 22nd, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured

Investors are taking losses of up to 90% in the $1.2 trillion market for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) tied to corporate credit,” reports Bloomberg. Much of the losses have been triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers and Icelandic bank.



Don’t Count on the Fed to Save Your Favorite Stocks in 2008

Apr 19th, 2008 | By Eric Roseman | Category: Stock Market Investing

The Dow and most foreign stock-markets enjoyed a blistering rally on Wednesday but heading into yesterday morning’s trade the futures look pretty ugly.