Tuesday, October 30, 2007

And the dominos start to fall

The US financial crisis seems to be gaining speed as CEO of Merrill Lynch quits after the largest quarterly loss in company's 93 year history - $2.24 billion. How long can the US economy avoid a recession, or another stock market crash, with companies posting such incredible losses? How is it that optimism still abounds? The longer the markets stay defy rational behaviour, the greater the potential losses may be.

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