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...marked the largest one-day points drop in Wall Street history, did not ignite a calamitous selloff on Asian markets. There was some damage after Washington failed to pass a $700 billion bailout plan for the U.S. financial system, the catalyst for Wall Street's plunge. Japan's Nikkei Index fell 4.1% on Sept. 30; after declining in early trading, stocks in China and Hong Kong eked out small gains. "The reaction was not as bad as I had feared," says Dariusz Kowalcyzk, chief investment strategist of CFC Seymour, a boutique investment bank in Hong Kong...
...Then again, it's hard to feel like you've dodged a bullet when you are already riddled with holes. Asian stocks have absorbed severe losses this year - The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index is down nearly 30% in 2008, while China's Shanghai market is down 60% from it's January high (The Dow is down 20% this year). Asian shares already took a hit after the rescue package failed to pass over the weekend, with shares in Hong Kong and Tokyo plunging by 5.5% and 5% respectively on Sept. 29. "It's pretty terrible already," Kowalcyzk says...
...Exchange Commission on certain types of shorts. Unlike some other investment clubs, Acumen seeks more than just practice from their relatively modest foray into the world of financial management: they hope to make a profit. Modis said that although the fund has exceeded the performance of their benchmark index, the S&P 500, they have maintained a conservative and cool-headed approach to money management. “I think it’s really important to make sure that you don’t think you have an edge when you really don?...
...gravitate first to Shanghai, not Beijing. Still, the past couple of years have not been kind to the city. A cancerous corruption scandal, uncovered by the overlords in Beijing, claimed Shanghai's Communist Party boss and a chunk of the city's ruling élite. Shanghai's benchmark stock index has lost roughly two-thirds of its value since hitting its peak last October. Even the Japanese developer of the Shanghai World Financial Center admits that a real estate slide has affected tenancy, with just 45% of the tower currently occupied. The hosting of the Olympics by Shanghai's northern...
After students and parents raised concerns about displayed calorie counts leading to or worsening eating disorders, Harvard University Dining Services removed the index cards detailing nutritional information from dining halls this year. HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin said several students and families asked HUDS to consider the impact of making detailed nutritional information known to students. “The feeling was that for people who have eating disorders or who struggle with issues around the literal value of food, the emphasis on nutrition information does not always lead people to eat in a healthy manner,” Martin said...