How will the Bear Stearns saga end?

We are at a critical point as far as markets are concerned. Is the recent trouble in the subprime market enough to turn investor sentiment negative and trigger a sell-off?

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We are at a most interesting point so far as markets are concerned. China is crashing whilst many of the world's important stock markets such as the UK FTSE 100, the S&P 500, the German DAX and the French CAC 40, are struggling close to their year 2000 highs, something we pointed out in the previous issue. At such levels, negative investor psychology can take over and trigger selling, particularly because there are threats in the air, all of which seem to be appropriate - Central Banks tightening, hedge funds losing money from investing in CDOs and commercial property markets in many parts of the world visibly weakening.

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