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Investors step up pressure on Fannie and Freddie
The rescue plan for the mortgage agencies has failed to reassure

Precious metal ETFs under pressure
Shine has gone off the sector and it could get dimmer if low price pressure points are hit

The Short View: GSEs and US banks
John Authers says the market is betting that Fannie and Freddie shareholder will be thrown to the wolves

View of the day: Capital flows aiding dollar
An improving US trade deficit and the resultant changes to global currency reserves look increasingly supportive of the dollar, says Stephen Hull at Lehman Brothers

Insight: Patience the virtue of difficult times
The unusual character of the current downturn has yet to play out, warns George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS, as further losses loom over the banking sector

Star with nerves of steel
Margie Patel has one piece of advice: stop being so greedy. Her admonition is aimed at investors who pumped up the financial bubble with their demand for excessively leveraged, shabbily constructed bonds

The Short View: Oil and stocks
John Authers on the impact of the falling oil price on other markets

Low commodity prices hit emerging market funds
Investors are leaving emerging market equity funds because of the sell-off in commodities and rising interest rates in many of these economies.

View of the day: No Olympic fatigue
Slow-down in China is more to do with slowing global demand, rising input costs and domestic imbalances than the Olympics, says Jing Ulrich, Chairman, China Equities, at JPMorgan.

Long View: This train crash's final impact is still awaited
It takes time for bankers to understand what has hit them and then to adjust their behaviour

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