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Asia Stocks Surge After Fed Cut

Prices soar to highest levels in a month

(Newser) - Asian stocks rebounded after the US Federal Reserve announced a half point cut in its key lending rate in a bid to bolster growth and avoid a consumer spending slowdown. Toyota, Samsung Electronics and Honda, among those companies with the most to lose from a loss of consumer confidence, led... More »

SEC: Don't Blame Credit Markets for Firm's Demise

Bankrupt cash management operation comes under federal scrutiny

(Newser) - The feds don’t know what happened to the millions of dollars that disappeared from the books of a Chicago-area cash management firm, but they don’t believe upheaval in the credit markets is to blame. Days after Sentinel Management blocked investors from withdrawing their investments, the company filed for... More »

Big Business Fuels Green Boom

Fear of dot-com-like bust grows as money chases scarce ideas

(Newser) - Greed and idealism are converging as big business propels today’s clean energy industry, CNN reports. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are pulling in capital for oil and coal alternatives, while across the pond, London financiers swapped more than $30 billion last year in "pollution permits"—credits companies can sell... More »

Credit Crisis Spurs Calls for New Oversight

EU, Asia want cooperation in US market regulation

(Newser) - Financial regulators and politicians across Europe and Asia are banding together to demand an international role in the oversight of American markets. The subprime meltdown has demonstrated that fluctuations in American markets can wreak havoc the world over, the Times reports, and now international players are wondering why they must... More »

Home Resales Down For Fifth Straight Month

Decline lower than expected, but unlikely to stop, experts say

(Newser) - Existing home sales slumped again in July—the fifth straight month the figures have been off and a sign that the market-draining housing downturn will continue. Though the 0.2 percent decline was the smallest movement since 2002, experts expect sales to continue dropping, according to Bloomberg. More »

One Unrivaled Market Force: Vacation

Stocks calm down as bankers, investors bail for the beach

(Newser) - The FT leads with a prediction that market volatility will decrease over the next week for a simple reason: everyone's going on vacation. Major decisions by banks, hedge funds and mortgage lenders will be on hold as the financial world bails New York, London and Frankfurt for the end of... More »

Stocks Climb Following Surprising Home Sales Numbers

Markets, optimism surge as turmoil eases

(Newser) - The Dow closed at 13,378.87 today, up 142.99 on strong durable goods orders and a better-than-expected home sales forecast. The S&P 500 jumped 16.87 to 1,479.37, and the Nasdaq rose 34.99 to 2,576.69. Nucor Corp., the second-largest American steel manufacturer,... More »

Reality Bites Wall Street Whiz Kids

Quant fund eggheads screwed up just as badly as everyone else

(Newser) - The eggheads who run Wall Street's "quant funds," using complex algorithms to play the markets but neglecting the human element, screwed up as badly as everyone else during the Dow's recent dive. "They are very smart in front of a textbook but not smart enough to understand... More »

Credit Crisis: Damaging or Deserved?

Economist calls risk adjustment necessary, if hazardous

(Newser) - The Economist takes the long view on the turmoil that has engulfed the financial markets, noting that investors have long wondered whether the "the securitisation of just about every form of debt into a tradable asset" would, in the end, spread risk efficiently or lead to cataclysmic failure. The... More »

Markets Jump on Fed Move

(Newser) - Stocks rallied in early trading today after the Federal Reserve shaved a half-point off of one of its key interest rates, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow initially shot up more than 300 points; after settling some, it was up 150.46 by midmorning. European stocks were buoyed as... More »

Fed Shaves Half- Point Off Discount Rate

Surprise cut boosts futures trading and Euro markets

(Newser) - In a surprise move, the Fed cut its discount rate, which it charges on direct loans to banks, from 6.25% to 5.75% this morning. The central bank acted to calm fears about uncertainty in the global markets surrounding the worsening credit crunch and underlying subprime-loan crisis. The federal... More »

European Markets Continue to Skid

London exchange drops after opening higher

(Newser) - Financial markets across Europe were off again in midmorning trading. In London, the FTSE opened slightly higher and then suffered new losses as UK traders continued to reel from yesterday's steep fall-off, the exchange's most calamitous one-day drop in years. At mid-morning the index was down 0.2% and markets... More »

Paulson: Downturn Won't Provoke Recession

Economy tough enough to take market turmoil

(Newser) - The current turmoil in the financial markets will take its toll on the economy, but  won't cause a recession, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tells the Wall Street Journal in his first interview since the downturn began. Paulson says the crisis comes in the context of a very strong global economy—... More »

European Markets Dive

FTSE 100 Index falls lower than 6,000

(Newser) - European markets took a dive this morning—after the Dow's plunge yesterday and the overnight collapse of Asian stocks. London's FTSE 100 index has fallen below 6,000, its lowest level since last October. London weathered the storm yesterday, but had nowhere to run today, the Guardian reported, as the... More »

Stocks Drop, Market Awaits Fed Cuts

Dow sinks below 13,000 as credit tremors continue

(Newser) - Major indexes sank again after a volatile day, as analysts continue to speculate on a possible interest-rate cut. The New York Fed put about $7 billion into the system with an overnight repurchase agreement, which put an early bounce in the Dow before it lost 167.45 later in the... More »

Stocks Take Another Tumble

Mortgage woes persist, retail down

(Newser) - The markets lost again today, as a small cash manager’s move to halt investor pullouts agitated fears about liquidity, as well as deeper jitters over mortgage woes seeping into credit markets. The Dow fell 207.61 points to 13028.92, dragged down heavily by two major retail components, Wal-Mart... More »

Nasdaq Debuts $100M Fat Cat Exchange

High-rolling private bourse will be free from federal regulation

(Newser) - Nasdaq is launching a regulation-free private stock market for the super-rich, offering those who can pony up at least $100 million access to the first-ever private investment exchange. Any private company can then sell stock to these elite shareholders, without having to worry about making their finances public—or being... More »

Euro Bank Injects $190B to Avoid Crash

ECB's largest-ever emergency cash injection aims to stave off crisis

(Newser) - The European Central Bank has released $190 billion in emergency funds in a desperate attempt to restore liquidity to the region's markets. The Financial Times reports that the ECB's emergency injection echoes moves by central banks in Japan, the US and Canada but is unprecedented in scale. The move rattled... More »

Dow Surges After Asian Bleeding, Roller-Coaster Day

(Newser) - Wall Street is dizzy after mixed signals threw traders into buy mode despite an abundance of bearish indicators today, making for one of the most volatile days in weeks. The Dow finished up 150.38 points at 13362.37, even after Asian markets plummeted across the board last night, a... More »

Funds Find One Bet They Can't Hedge: Trust

It's 1998 all over again as Bear Stearns buckle triggers panic

(Newser) - The recent collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds, and the resulting informal SEC investigation, have once again placed the complex system and its impact on markets under the spotlight. The Washington Post delves into the history and ethos of the powerful funds, comparing them to the Wizard of Oz... More »

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