Stocks hammered; investors flee to bonds
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Major Asian stock markets fell as much as 8 percent as panicky investors feared a U.S. recession could derail global economic growth, and a sharp drop in U.S. stock index futures pointed to heavy selling in New York later on Tuesday.
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U.S. stocks slid sharply on Friday, after bellwether stocks such as Caterpillar and Google posted disappointing earnings.
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Bond prices fell and stocks quickly followed suit on Thursday as anxiety over rising interest rates spread.
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Stocks plunged on Tuesday in their second-worst sell-off of the year as the impact of losses in the subprime mortgage group cascaded across the financial sector, knocking down shares of investment banks and traditional lenders.
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Wall Street pulled back sharply Tuesday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and renewed concerns about the mortgage lending market.
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Stocks fell for a second day in a row on Friday, with investors skittish about mounting risk aversion that has fueled a global equities sell-off.
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While the markets shifted to a happier note on Friday, the week was a troubling one for many investors, as stock and bond prices fell sharply and long-term interest rates soared.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, dragged lower by the heavily weighted financial sector after Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  said it bailed out a hedge fund that is facing margin calls.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday, reversing strong gains after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates, roiled by fresh worries about more losses in the financial sector on fears big bond insurers will lose their top credit rating.
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Global stocks tumbled on Wednesday as fears about the impact of U.S. home owners falling behind with mortgage payments hit financial shares, prompting money to flow into safe-haven government bonds.
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Japanese stocks were hit badly on Friday morning by fears of rising global interest rates following sharp overnight increases in US and European bond yields.
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Stocks plunged as investors grew more uneasy about the economy and about whether the Federal Reserve will take steps to prevent credit market problems from spreading.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down in its worst slide since the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, as a sell-off in China's stock market raised concerns that equity valuations may be too high.
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U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as worries about bad mortgage debts hit bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  reignited concern about weakness in the housing market.
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World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it.
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Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday as bond yields shot to their highest in five years, stoking fears that higher borrowing costs could cut into corporate profits and put a damper on takeover activity.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday in the latest leg of a global equities sell-off as investors' diminishing appetite for risk drove them to safer assets like bonds.