credit markets

WIIW: FOREIGN INVESTMENT SLUMP

The Vienna Institute For International Economic Studies (Wiener Institut fur Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche) forecasts a decrease in the foreign investment in Bulgaria in 2008. The reasons for this are the economic slow down in Europe and the instability of the world credit markets. In the las ...

Growth in Ranks of Millionaires Slows - Washington Post

Resize Text The ranks of the world's millionaires grew at the slowest pace in four years in 2007 during the seizure of credit markets and a shift to "safer" investments, according to a survey by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch . The number of people with ...

Opening Glance: Investment Banks fall - Boston Globe

NEW YORK— Shares of investment banks fell early Friday morning as insurer American International Group Inc. said it lost $7.81 billion during the first quarter because of continued weakness in the credit markets. Broader markets also declined as ...

Citigroup (C): A Promise Broken

The promise from Wall St. firms was implied, not spoken. The heads of operations like Morgan Stanley (MS) and Merrill Lynch (MER) said that the worst was probably over in the credit markets. It was OK for mortgage companies like Washington Mutual (WM) to raise money, but the big banks and brokerages ...

Fed auctions $59 billion in Treasury securities - Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has auctioned $59.46 billion in super-safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to help strained credit markets. The auction — the fifth of its kind — was held today and fetched ...

UK Money News - Life Style Extra

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The crisis in the credit markets appears to be finally taking its toll on the UK manufacturers' order books but inflationary pressures persist, according to the country's leading business lobby group. In its monthly ...

Credit Easing or Credit Short Covering?

A: Sorry for the lack of content lately as I have been very busy with buyer/seller clients in the field, and working on the new charting system for you guys! Since Manhattan real estate does not change day to day, I want to discuss something that I have talked about with those I know on the front lines of the credit markets earlier this week

Market Recap for March 24th, 2008


Keeping you updated on the market! For the week of March 24, 2008 MARKET RECAP The Federal Reserve's goal last week was to lube the credit-markets' sticky gears. Mission accomplished. First, the Fed buckled and agreed to serve as guarantor of last resort for Bear Stearns – a once mighty Wall Street ...

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