The more threads you resurrect, the more I'm going to close. If you have a valid point you want to bring up - which is clear and offers something of measure, do it. But so far all you're doing is bumping posts you made from a year ago with a one line spam you could have put in any number of existing threads. Knock it off, please.
Panic grips world stock markets LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets plummeted on Monday, striking four-year lows, as panic-stricken investors doubted whether a Wall Street bailout package would stem the global financial crisis. London, Frankfurt and Paris all tumbled more than six percent before pulling back slightly while a 15-percent dive in Moscow forced yet another halt to Russian trading. "There is all-out panic," said ING senior strategist Adrian van Tiggelen. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081006/bs_afp/stocksworld_081006123046
RPT-UPDATE 2-U.S. options fear gauge soars to record close Mon Oct 6, 2008 5:54pm EDT By Doris Frankel CHICAGO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - An index regarded as Wall Street's fear gauge surged to a record close on Monday as investors clamored for protection in anticipation of more stock market turmoil on worries over the widening credit crisis. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index .VIX, or VIX, surged to a record high of 58.24 before easing back to close up 15.31 percent to 52.05. "This is absolutely amazing. The elevated VIX is reflecting that people are unsure about every financial relationship they have ever known not only in the U.S. but worldwide," said Joe Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at thinkorswim Group. http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0633769120081006?rpc=44
US STOCKS-Dow falls below 9,000 on credit fears Thu Oct 9, 2008 3:10pm EDT NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S stocks fell for a seventh straight session on Thursday, with the Dow sliding below 9,000 for the first time in more than five years, as investors worried recent moves by authorities worldwide to thaw frozen credit markets might not be enough to avert a global recession. The Nasdaq fell below 1,700 for the first time since August 2003. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 241.57 points, or 2.61 percent, at 9,016.53. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was down 17.18 points, or 1.74 percent, at 967.76. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 34.26 points, or 1.97 percent, at 1,706.07. (Reporting by Kristina Cooke; Editing by Jan Paschal)