So Dow’s 8,000 forecast was also realized, even though it touched that level for a short while before bouncing over thousand points. So after a historic last week in market’s “down week” history books, we had a historic up day. The records are being re-written almost daily. Volatiltiy is again picking up and there is [...]

Fed has cut the discount rate by 50 basis points to 1.75%, ECB also cut benchmark rates by 50 basis points from 4.25% to 3.75%; and the futures are up, triple digit (as of this writing). Here is a snapshot of what happened today in the Asian markets so far-

Japan’s Nikkei falls 9.4 pct in [...]

It was a terrible week for U.S. stocks and equally for almost every major stock markets worldwide. The Dow fell 157.47 points, or 1.5%, on Friday to close at 10,325.38, racking up a 7.3% drop for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 29.33 points, or 1.5%, on Friday to close at 1,947.39 and lost 10.8% for [...]