Word: calmness
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...funds to take advantage of. Then there's the short-selling - betting on falling stock prices - that funds use to hedge against losses and theoretically make money whether equity markets rise or fall. Funds that employ long/short strategies have been hampered by government bans on short-selling intended to calm unsettled markets. Indeed, shorting strategies have been widely blamed for exacerbating volatility. On Oct. 28, German automaker Volkswagen briefly became the world's most valuable company when hedge funds that had shorted the company's stock on the premise that it was overvalued were forced to buy it back...
...reacting too slowly to stem the turmoil. "The problem has become deeper than necessary," says Charles Chang, managing partner of Seoul-based boutique investment-banking firm Accolade. "It is the failure of the government." Chang believes policymakers did a poor job of building confidence among foreign investors to calm markets...
...argued that the United States should not allow this development to threaten diplomatic relations by upsetting the Russians. These arguments, however, seems to want it both ways—they insist that the United States can neither back down and seem weak, nor prioritize a controversial missile shield over calm negotiation. Diplomacy can often work, and President-elect Obama will hopefully engage more countries in level dialogue than his predecessor. The Russians, however, constitute a special case. It is imperative that Obama continue the strong stand taken yesterday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and refuse to capitulate on this issue...
Hard as his opponents tried to rattle Barack Obama during the presidential campaign, even their most blustery attacks usually left him cool, considered and respectful. Now Obama is trying out the same calm treatment on the U.S.'s adversaries abroad, offering a first glimpse of how the young President may carry himself on the international stage. But even if Obama's temperament can warm the diplomatic atmosphere, will it help resolve the U.S.'s toughest issues abroad...
...calm herself that you find yourself fighting to stay calm as well, trying to even out your tone." - The Rev. Al Sharpton, who credits Jarrett for convincing him to endorse Barack Obama (The New Republic...