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Credit market strains hang on banks results

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Credit market strains may start to abate in early 2008 once banks get through the next round of revealing losses from riskier assets, fund managers at the Reuters Investment Outlook 2008 Summit said this week.

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Double-digit profits unlikely in '08: strategists

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hopes for double-digit earnings growth in 2008 have all but evaporated as the credit market turmoil is expected to exert more pressure on financial services companies.

Dollar likely to weather any U.S. recession

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. recession could ironically boost the dollar against the euro and high-yielding currencies as worried investors avoid risk, but much would depend on the depth of the downturn and its impact elsewhere. | Video

Central bank plan delays day of reckoning

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A number of money managers are up in arms over a plan by several central banks to thaw frozen credit markets because it will stop investors from feeling the pain of failed bets.

Still not the time to buy housing stocks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors looking to profit from U.S. housing stocks will have to be patient.

U.S. Treasuries pricey in uneasy times

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries are pricey, as anxiety over the global credit crunch, together with hopes of the Federal Reserve slashing interest rates, have unleashed a stampede into cash and low-risk government debt.

Inflation seen hanging over 2008 world economy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Inflation is shaping up to be a serious threat to financial markets and the world economy next year and the timing couldn't be worse, money managers at the Reuters Investment 2008 Outlook Summit said. | Video

Investors see housing as top U.S. election theme

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ailing housing market and its impact on the economy and consumers will likely join taxes as the main financial theme in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, top Wall Street investors said this week.

Fed liquidity move mostly gets thumbs-up

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One day after the Federal Reserve disappointed many investors at its final meeting of the year, the U.S. central bank helped salvage its reputation on Wednesday with an innovative plan to ease stress in global credit markets. | Video

Fed move seen restoring credibility

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's move to join with other central banks to ease the global credit crunch could help restore its credibility after stock investors criticized its latest rate action, a senior portfolio manager said on Wednesday. | Video

Libor fall acid test for cenbanks: fund manager

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The proof of whether central banks' joint effort to alleviate strains in near-term lending markets is working will be if Libor rates fall steeply by January, a money market fund manager said on Wednesday. | Video

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