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October 10, 2008
 

Investing Intelligence

Insights and analysis from BW and Standard & Poor's


NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY
INVESTING
Stock Market Crash: Understanding the Panic
Market psychology experts weigh in on what's feeding the selling frenzy on Wall Street and when to look for investors' moods to change


  MORE TOP STORIES
MARKET SNAPSHOT
Stocks Recover, but Finish Lower
Buyers emerged in the last half hour of trading Friday on hopes that world leaders would agree to resolutions to stop the panic


Financial Crisis: How to Stop the Panic
It is possible to calm the waters, but it'll mean unlearning our post-Depression lessons

S&P STOCK PICKS AND PANS • From S&P
S&P Picks and Pans: GM, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, GE, Ericsson
Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Friday

INSIDE WALL STREET
Steel and Houses: Picks for Bloody Days
Also featured: Athenahealth

INVESTING
The Fed, the Crisis, and Your Portfolio
After the bold step by Bernanke & Co. to cut rates, what moves should you make? Here are five questions to ask your financial adviser—now

MARKET VIEWS • From S&P
Stocks: Drawing a Bead on the Bear Market
S&P's Sam Stovall on the one-year anniversary of the current bear market and when it might end

GENE MARCIAL'S STOCK PICKS
Marcial: J&J, a Healthy Defensive Play
Diversification in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer products is what keeps Johnson & Johnson strong, making it an "angel" to fearful investors

THE WEEK AHEAD
Vital Signs: How Bad Is the Damage to the Economy?
On deck: retail sales, producer and consumer price indexes, business inventories, industrial production, housing starts, consumer sentiment, Bernanke speaks, and earnings reports

SAM STOVALL'S SECTOR WATCH • From S&P
Stocks: Is It Good When All Returns Are Bad?
S&P's Sam Stovall finds that an extreme number of industries posting negative returns in a given period may point to a recovery in equity prices


Municipal Bonds: A Contrarian Pro's Top Picks
Oppenheimer Funds' Ron Fielding likes to find gems among tax-exempt bonds that others dump—and often winds up scoring big

INVESTING
Where the Credit Freeze Has Thawed
Amid the new "Ice Age" in credit markets, some bond market pros are still finding attractive opportunities. Here's what they're buying

  INVESTING TOOLS
MUTUAL FUND SCOREBOARD
How's Your Fund Doing?
Our Interactive Scoreboard has complete results for some 2,500 equity funds, hundreds with BW's exclusive risk-adjusted ratings

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