Credit crunch highlights risks in money markets
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How safe is your money- market fund? For investors who do not have the stomach for the ups and downs of the stock market, money-market funds have boomed in recent years as a haven for consumers to park their money. Boston mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments manages $326 billion in money-market funds, up 67 percent since the end of 2004. Investments ...
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The turmoil tearing through the residential mortgage market will probably harm everyday investors.
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Business & money: Biggest share falls since height of credit crunch after US bank's $18bn write-off and Rock uncertainty grows
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Â· Pound falls as news swirls around money marketsÂ· US Fed poised to cut rates amid global liquidity crisis
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The market for credit insurance will be put to the test as a looming economic downturn strains companiesâ finances.
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Credit markets took another hit as the  Bank of England bailed out Britain&#39;s biggest casualty so far in  the global credit crunch while policymakers differed over the  best way to restore liquidity to money markets.
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Business & money: Europe's largest bank warns investors it could face further write-downs of assets because of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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Business & money: Spending binge looks likely to be followed by a big rise in personal insolvencies and falling house prices
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The Bank of England acts to ease the credit crunch hitting financial markets, allowing banks to deposit more funds with it.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
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Business & money: Heavy losses on stock market as investors worry that combination of rising interest rates and falling house prices will have damaging impact.
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The European Central Bank and Bank of  England flooded money markets with funds on Tuesday as the UK  central bank chief warned of a possible "self-reinforcing"  downward spiral in credit.
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Problems in the bond markets put pressure on financial firms' shares.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers meeting in early August recognized that a spreading credit crunch could pose a danger to the country's economic health and that they might have to take action eventually.
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Problem gambling can show itself in the stock market.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction  -  and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Business & money: Banks may be forced to seek huge injections of fresh capital as the credit crunch shows no sign of abataing