Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds
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The notion that the failure of even one big bond insurer might touch off a chain reaction of losses across the financial world has unnerved Wall Street.
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Interest rate fears add to jitters in financial markets.
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Once a seemingly indestructible hiding hole for the frightened investor, some on Wall Street are beginning to question the super-safe status of US Treasury debt.
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Weeks after problems with subprime mortgages began roiling the industry, advertisers are offering reassurances about their stability and ability to ride out the storm.
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Investors lulled into thinking that they didnât need âboringâ Treasury bonds in their portfolios may have just had a rude awakening.
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Fed boss Ben Bernanke is monitoring problems at bond insurers that may see more sub-prime banking losses.
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American International Group, one of the world&#39;s largest insurers, continues to clash with regulators, but Wall Street seems more puzzled than alarmed.
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A collapse of these bond insurers would have serious ripple effects.
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Utilities mutual funds are on a tear, but investors shouldn't expect a repeat performance next year.
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Many investors are in a quandary over how to adjust their portfolios while waiting on the Fedâs next move.
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Credit analysts warned on Monday that if Moody's Investors Service downgraded some specialist bond insurers it could have far-reaching impact on financial markets.
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Yet investors are growing increasingly worried that Goldman Sachs will fail to match its 2007 performance next year.
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An investigation into U.S. insurers  and brokers rattled insurance industry stocks for a second day  on Friday as investors, shaken further by subpoenas delivered  to the top U.S. life insurer, struggled to gauge how deep the  probe might reach.
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MARSH &amp; McLENNAN, the worldâs biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard &amp; Poorâs, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.
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Concerns mount that Warren Buffett's holding company might be overvalued.
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Efforts to rescue a distraught U.S.  bond insurance industry could inject a positive note on Wall  Street but the economic data and earnings reports on tap for  this week are unlikely to change a downward trend for stocks.
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Unpredictable hospital billing can lead to financial anxiety about the prospect of dealing with insurance companies even before a surgery has happened.