Citigroup News for January 2008 - Topix:: not been spared from the US sub-prime woes, with the local bank ordered to slash Stocks continue to fall; Dow is off 200-plus points http://www.topix.com/com/c/2008/01#day22HOME |
After six months of turmoil in the financial markets, investors seem no closer to becoming immune to news of the subprime mortgage mess, as rising defaults at American Express and a lower than expected takeover price for Countrywide Financial sent stocks skidding once again on Friday.
The major indexes lost nearly 2% on fears that more interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve may arrive too late for an economy that already appears to be sliding into recession.
With earnings reports coming next week from major banks, Intel and IBM, along with wholesale and consumer inflation data, more volatility could be in store for investors. Getting a Mortgage:: Shares Set to Tick Higher CNBC - U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday following `Fixed-Rate Mortgage Solution to Subprime Woes - Korea Times By Yoon Ja-young http://mortgage.eblogworldreport.com/page/12/HOME | All News - Wednesday August 20, 2008 (Page 5/5):: Subprime Today: Merrill CEO may meet Korean sovereign fund chief Peter Brimelow: Is medical technology stock letter about to Matterhorn again? - 12:24 am http://biz.yahoo.com/n/group/080820.i-ne-5.htmlHOME |
Amazon fell 4% on consumer spending worries, and RF Micro Devices, Interactive Intelligence and Opnext tumbled after lowering financial guidance. ABS-CBN News Online (Beta):: US jobless claims up, special factors cited again Asia stocks fall as growth fears swirl NGO members slam pols for stopping MOA-AD signing 8/8/2008 1:47:08 PM http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=69725HOME | Credit fear stalks shares as oil reignites dollar - Yahoo! News UK:: European stocks slid in tandem with their Asian counterparts on Tuesday, haunted Pronunciation woes cost Spanish couple 3,870 euros http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080819/tts-uk-markets-global-d1d4700_1.htmlHOME |
Research in Motion lost 7% on a downgrade, and Apple shed 3% ahead of next week's Macworld conference.
Juniper fell 13% after its COO departed for Microsoft.
AMD added another 5% on a New York antitrust probe of Intel, which lost 2.4%.
The Nasdaq fell 48 to 2439, the S&P lost 19 to 1401, and the Dow tumbled 246 to 12,606. Volume declined to 4.47 billion shares on the NYSE, and 2.4 billion on the Nasdaq. Decliners led by a 21-11 margin on the NYSE, and 21-8 on the Nasdaq. Downside volume was 73% on the NYSE, and 78% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 41-216 on the NYSE, and 55-301 on the Nasdaq.
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