Today was an up day on Wall Street. After a day of untold carnage and pain in markets around the globe from Tokyo to London to New York and back again, we seem to have found a relief rally.
There is still much work to be done, but enjoy the moment! Below are a [...]
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News round-up: 30 Sep 2008
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485 points on the dow (to the upside)
Sep
It’s not 777 points, but 485 points up will have to do for anyone who is not excited about a market crash. Financials were way up today despite the fact that Paulson’s Economic Patriot Act was torpedoed by Congress. Let’s savour the moment.
Below are a few financials I follow and how they did [...]
Why the bailout’s failure was a good thing
Sep
Everyone’s dancing and cheering now that the bailout has been rejected. So, as Ice-T used to say, “Bust the cork on the Moët!” (image via Flickr).
The market’s up 500 points and all is well and swell. The guys over at Lombard Street Research certainly are dancing in the aisles. Here’s what Charles Dumas of [...]
US Home prices down 16% over last year
Sep
The headlines about home prices are pretty dire, showing a record plunge in home prices of 16.3% over last year. In reality, it’s not all doom and gloom. So, let’s dig behind the headlines about the S&P/Case-Shiller Index released today to get a sense of what is really happening with U.S. home prices.First, one [...]
Writedown news: 30 Sep 2008
Sep
For me, the most important events of late have been the European banking sector meltdown. Just last week, German officials were lecturing the UK and the U.S. about their banking systems and now we see a number of European institutions falling prey to the credit crisis. No one should feel their banking system [...]
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Ireland guarantees bank deposits at six banks
Sep
Along with American and British banks, Irish banks have been under heavy attack due to the turmoil in the financial services sector. The government has finally had enough and stepped in with a blanket guarantee for six institutions of both deposits and bank debts.
This is a move that is identical to what the Swedes [...]
The global economy has crashed: we need a comprehensive credit crisis plan
Sep
Despite the fall in markets, Congress’s not having passed the Economic Patriot Act may be a blessing in disguise. The FTSE is trading up. Dow futures show a rise of 170 points. So, maybe the sell-off was a one-day event.
In any event, it does give the U.S. Congress more time to pass new legislation crafted from scratch. And the new proposal can have the things we need in it:
S&P 500 off 8%, Dow off 667 points, and Nasdaq down 9%
Sep
UPDATE 6:15 PM ET: The Dow ended down 777 points for it’s largest one day loss ever. The S&P and Nasdaq were both off 9%. The futures market show even greater losses are expected tomorrow.
A brutal day in the markets was made that much worse by the rejection by the U.S. House of Representatives [...]
Lehman gets $2.15 billion for Neuberger Berman
Sep
The price tag was less than one would have liked, but these are desperate times for sellers of financial assets. Lehman Brothers secured a sale of its crown jewel investment management division for $2.15 billion in a sale to private equity buyers.
When Lehman Brothers first proposed a sale weeks ago while still a solvent [...]
Stephen Roach and Jim Grant: Video of credit crisis thoughts
Sep
The Financial Times caught up with two great economic pundits in Jim Grant and Stephen Roach. Below are links to six video interviews by the FT with these two gentlemen (three each). They should be enlightening regarding the global credit crisis, the U.S. bailout and financial markets and the global economy more generally.VideosSep [...]
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