Prices slide further as investors shun risk -
| Prices slide further as investors shun risk - Guardian Unlimited NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The financial meltdown on Wall Street gripped commodity markets on Tuesday as investors sought refuge in cash and futures options risk-free assets, pulling down oil by 5 percent for a second day in a row and futures options hammering gold and futures options Source: www.guardian.co.uk US RATE FUTURES-Cut back prospects for Fed easing - Reuters CHICAGO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. short-term interest rate futures tumbled after the Federal Reserve confounded market expectations for a rate cut on Tuesday and futures options instead left benchmark rates steady, citing risks to both inflation and futures options growth. Futures Source: www.reuters.com US RATE FUTURES-Momentum grows for 50 bps Fed cut - Reuters CHICAGO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. short-term interest rate futures showed a growing appetite for a large Federal Reserve rate cut on Tuesday on ideas the Fed needs to take a bold step to shore up flailing financial markets. "The U.S. central bank is Source: www.reuters.com Corn, soybean futures down sharply as crude oil slides, dollar - Minneapolis Star Tribune NEW YORK - Corn and futures options soybean prices plunged Tuesday as tumbling oil prices and futures options Wall Street turmoil prompted investors to pull money out of commodities to reduce risk. Wheat also fell sharply. The sell-off in commodities gained momentum as investors Source: www.startribune.com Futures fall on report conservatorship eyed for AIG - MSN MoneyCentral NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell after the market closed on Tuesday on a Bloomberg report that the United States was considering conservatorship as an option for troubled insurer American International Group . The report, citing two Source: moneycentral.msn.com US STOCKS-Futures fall on report conservatorship eyed for AIG - Reuters UK NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell after the market closed on Tuesday on a Bloomberg report that the United States was considering conservatorship as an option for troubled insurer American International Group (AIG.N: Quote Source: uk.reuters.com |