Archive for October, 2008

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Global Stock Markets: Halloween Relief or More?


This post provides a review of global stock markets’ action over the past three days, as well as a few comments on the likely course of events.

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Friday, October 31st, 2008

Video-o-rama: Is the worst of the credit crisis over?


A heavy batch of interesting video clips has appeared over the past few days as pundits were debating whether the worst of the credit crisis was over and what to make of the stock market’s bounce. Some of the more interesting ones have been included in this post.

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Fire !


Source: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times (via Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture), October 23, 2008.
 
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

R.I.P.: The American Consumer


Source: New York Post, October 26, 2008.
 
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