Hedge funds owe their appeal to their ability to go short, and thus make money even in falling markets.
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But 15% over an investment lifetime is a tall order for a fund that can't make money in falling markets.
It could also coax Fannie and Freddie into operating counter-cyclically by building capital in good times and lowering requirements in falling markets.
Falling global markets on growth concerns and Western economy uncertainty may also cause liquidations in the precious metals.
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Amidst the falling stock markets, Continental Airlines shares lifted on news that J.
More than two years of falling stock markets have caused the return on most pension schemes' investments to slump.
Second on the list of free-falling property markets is the U.K., a nation of consumers with twice the debt of the average European.
Although millions of small investors have felt the pain of falling stock markets over the long term it is still the best place to invest.
From 2000-03, falling equity markets sent many funds tumbling into deficit.
CEOs at rivals including Morgan Stanley (nyse: MWD - news - people), Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people) and Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people) also took pay cuts, as Wall Street struggled with falling stock markets in 2001.
With volumes flat or falling in developed markets, future growth depends on either taking market share from rivals or making headway in emerging markets.
Now that home prices are falling and credit markets are tightening, the 2 million borrowers whose mortgage payments are expected to soon rise are in trouble.
Data for February showed housing markets falling deeper down the rabbit hole, hitting levels not seen since late 2002, with the indices about 35% off their 2006 highs.
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But both share prices falling means that the markets thought that this particular deal was wealth enhancing, the News International price falling (at least in part) because that value will now not be created.
If markets keep falling, the value of other investment bankers' share options will also fall.
In times of falling equity or commodity markets, rising bond yields, inflation or increasing risk aversion, gold shines.
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In the event, falling prices in emerging markets have forced the government to slash the price by a third.
From the beginning of the year through March 23th, the stock has vastly underperformed the equity markets, falling about 4%.
But their confidence and appetite for risk when the markets are falling?
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So how do we find the equivalent in the markets, and participate in the market during periods of price appreciation and help minimize downside when markets are falling?
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You see, there has always been a tension between the desire to allow markets to function without interference and the absolute necessity of rules to prevent markets from falling out of kilter.
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And we need to do it in a way that inspires confidence in our political process, because even if we edge up to the cliff without falling off, the markets will likely, again, feel the consequences.
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It also reports weak service and manufacturing sector activity, and falling prices in weak housing markets.
And the quandary preoccupying Bernanke, how to offset struggling labor markets against a falling currency.
Meanwhile, direct investment by foreign manufacturers and utilities in emerging markets has been falling.
Why not take risks, if you know that central banks will intervene only in falling, not rising, markets?
Concentrating debt auctions on fewer, pre-announced dates risks them falling on days when the markets are in a bad mood.
"The economy still faces powerful contractionary forces in the shape of widespread recession abroad, and at home falling house prices and stock markets, blunted monetary policy as banks constrain lending and rock-bottom business and consumer confidence, " says Andrew Smith, chief economist at KPMG.
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