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| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. VII - Issue #140 | September 15, 2008 |
| The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo |  | |
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Financial bailouts and rescue measures provided a sigh of relief for financial markets around the globe, but the relief rally was short lived even when the rescuer is the U.S. Treasury. Evidently, rescuing the financially strapped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did not convince investors that the problems facing the U.S. financial system could be over. The health of U.S. and global financial institutions continues to be a major worry in investors’ mind. ... Read more
The world worried about the black hole that was to be engineered by the Geneva-based LHC (Large Hidron Collider, at CERN) collision only to discover the many other black holes (the 158-year-old Lehman Brothers -- about to file for bankruptcy protection because insolvent -- had an $8 billion capital shortfall even if able to sell entirely its $600+ billion assets at par) in global financial institutions seriously threatening the very existence of the global financial system. ... Read more
Tables:
- MARKETS AT A GLANCE - Close as of September 12, 2008
- U.S. FIXED-INCOME MARKET AT A GLANCE - Close as of September 12, 2008
- COMMODITIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of September 12, 2008
- PULSE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY - As a Guidance for Other Geographies
- CURRENCIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of September 12, 2008
- MONETARY POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD - The Leading Seven ...
- ... and the BRICs ...
Charts:
- 30-Year T-Bond Yield 1999-2008
- U.S. Dollar Index 2000-2008
- Japanese YEN -- US$ per JPY 2000-2008
- Euro -- US$ per EUR 2000-2008
- British Pound - US$ per GBP 2000-2008
- Swiss Franc -- US$ per CHF
- South Korean WON -- US$ per Won
- Brazilian REAL -- US$ per Real
- Long-Term U.S. Treasury constant maturity - Monthly 1941-2008
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