Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
ONE of the most important messages that warrant issuers have been trying to convey to the investing public over the past few years is that in order to profit in a falling market, it's better to buy put warrants rather than short-sell calls.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
EasyJet met fresh turbulence yesterday after Goldman Sachs, worried by the rising price of oil and the company's exposure to the British consumer, advised investors to "sell".
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Chief executive blames turbulence in wider property market for scaring off potential backers
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Business & money: Turbulence in wider property market blamed as investors shun £500m Taylor Wimpey rescue package
Banking Business Review (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Barclays Wealth has announced that it is launching an enhanced range of capital-protected investments as ongoing market turbulence continues to complicate market timing calls and increase the risk of capital loss.
TheStockAdvisors.com (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Both bond funds have performed stronlgy over the long-term and during recent market turbulence. And each has a relatively open mandate that allows their respective management teams the flexilibity to scoop up attractive bonds from diverse sectors of the bond market in pursuit of both capital appreciation and income. PIMCO Total Return is the world's biggest bond fund, and second large mutual fund of...
CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
For every trader betting on higher prices, another is betting on lower prices. These trades are matched. In the stock market, all investors (buyers and sellers) can profit in a rising market, and all can lose in a falling market. In futures markets, one trader's gain is another's loss. ~Robert Samuelson In the world of futures speculation for every long there is an equal and opposite short. That is,...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Northwest Airlines Corp. and UAL Corp. lead yet another retreat in the struggling airline sector, bogged down by a broader market decline and the continued rise in the price of oil.
The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Get the Complete MoneyScience RSS Feed or Subscribe by Mail. Banks and Banking | Market Miscellany | International Markets | UK News | Credit Markets Credit Markets Observations on Risk Management Practices during the Recent Market Turbulence (pdf) - and OTC Blog points up some comments on the report by Chris Finger at Risk Metrics. Peter Bernstein on Risk Management in the NYT: Sophisticated... View...
The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
A report from the Senior Supervisors Group (SSG) that assesses which risk management practices worked well, and which did not, at a sample of major global financial services organizations during the recent period of market turmoil. View the full item at MoneyScience.
The Hill's Pundit Blog (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Instead of fighting wars that become intertwined with oil, we should declare economic war to end our addiction to oil, and not fight unnecessary wars. Make no mistake: If there is an attack against Iran, it would almost certainly trigger both a stock market crash, which could occur anyway after seven years of Bush policies, and [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
The Dow industrials tumbled 358.41 points, or 3%, to 11453.42, as stocks fell to their lowest point of the year, pausing just above bear-market territory. As oil surged, financials declined on the back of downgrades by Wall Street analysts and end-of-quarter worries about coming profit news.
The Limerick Blogger (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
There is turbulence in the accomodation industry in Limerick, with one hotel going on the market for €8m and another being closed and used as a hostel for assylum seekers. The Limerick Leader reports a story which has been floating around the internet for a few days that the Sarsfield Bridge Hotel, which includes the [...]
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
The best options in a falling market. by Steve Petty, specialist commercial property lawyer at Cousins Business Law . It would be a clear understatement to say that property developers are having a hard time at the moment, being at the forefront of the credit crunch and a falling property market. It's all too easy to purchase a site based on assumptions about final sales values that, as planning and...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
There are some disturbing news reports coming out across the west. From the UK’s Market Oracle : BIS Warns of Great Depression and Royal Bank Of Scotland Issues Stock Market Crash Alert From the UK’s Daily Telegraph : RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert And from Manufacturing.net’s Management News : NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. consumer confidence fell unexpectedly sharply in June, sinking to the...
