Markets braced for more mayhem
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London traders still in selling mood after yesterday's turbulent session and hectic trading in Asia overnight
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Defensive stocks were in demand on Monday as the FTSE 100 sustained further losses.
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Stock investors may want to fasten their seatbelts for the week ahead, when a flurry of  earnings and economic data will once again be in focus.
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Global investors will be watching nervously for signs of contagion from the US housing meltdown and a credit squeeze in coming days, even after a broad stock markets rebound over the past week from recent turbulence.
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US and European stocks were hit by a new bout of nerves on Tuesday as economic reports and the minutes of the latest meeting of the US Federal Reserve forced investors to focus on the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on the wider economy.
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Stock investors may want to fasten their seatbelts this week, when a flurry of earnings and economic data will once again be in focus.
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Wall Street is heading for another volatile week, but the bulls could get a further reprieve if calm brought on by the Federal Reserve's liquidity injections and a surprise cut in its discount rate lasts.
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Stock markets ended one of the most volatile months in years on an impressive note, but this coming week still won't be any easier for investors as the employment report and housing turmoil remain high on radar screens.
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Take a look at a worst-case scenario for the markets.
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Wall Street is heading for another  volatile week, but the bulls could get a further reprieve if  calm brought on by the Federal Reserve&#39;s liquidity injections  and a surprise cut in its discount rate lasts.
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE  - Asian stock markets were slammed on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S. subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more negative surprises will emerge in the region.
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October one was awaited by the market with some apprehension. This is the day that the controversial securities turnover tax was to kick in, as was the lower capital gain tax regime and there have been fears of the markets tanking.
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Don't wait for the economic alarm bells to sound. There's action you can take now to make your position as safe as possible.
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U.S. stock investors looking to recoup  from the worst week in almost three months will have to keep  one eye out for signs of weakness in the tidal wave of earnings  due next week and the other on the threat surging oil prices  pose to the economy and profits.
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Smart investors will ride out the storm with great stocks.
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The stock market is once again poised to set new record highs, and Wall Street will be watching this week's data on the housing market to decide whether to forge ahead.
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The 20th anniversary of the stock  market's brutal 1987 crash has triggered explosive debate about  whether today's raging, yet dubious, bull market in world  stocks is headed for the same fate.