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...declines come after investment bank Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy and Bank of America reached a deal to acquire Merrill Lynch. The biggest worry of Asian investors, however, isn't so much the stability of Asia's own financial system. For the most part, Asian banks and securities firms have not suffered the mortgage and property losses of their U.S. counterparts. Asia's financial institutions have become more conservative in recent years, having learned their lessons from past speculative investments in assets such as office blocks and shopping malls during the Asian financial crisis that began in 1997. Several Japanese...
...Asia's economies have held up quite well, but in recent weeks, economists have been scaling back their growth forecasts. Merrill Lynch last week cut its Asia GDP growth estimate to 7.7% from 7.9% for 2008, citing weak demand in industrialized economies for Asian exports. Though that's far from a recession, Merrill says that Asian growth is falling below the expected trend of about 8%. Asian policy makers have been limited in their efforts to stimulate growth because of rising inflation, which has forced most central banks to hike interest rates...
...traumatic day for financial firms - Lehman Bros. declared bankruptcy, Bank of America swallowed Merrill Lynch, and AIG scrambled to prevent becoming the next casualty. What does it all mean to you? Here are some questions worried investors and homeowners might be asking...
...What if I have a brokerage account at Merrill Lynch...
...still have one; and with the same name. Merrill Lynch has nearly 17,000 financial advisors between its retail brokerage and wealth management units. That's part of what attracted Bank of America - B of A CEO Ken Lewis called it "the crown jewel of Merrill Lynch" - so chances are, your broker isn't going anywhere, and he or she will try to make sure that you don't either. B of A plans to keep the Merrill name and organization intact...