Written by Leatherneck on August 09, 2007 under Archives, Economic Impact
The Dow dropped 387 points on Thursday, August 9th, signalling that liquidity shortages in Europe concerned investors around the world. Earnings may have peaked in some parts of the market while subprime issues spread to other parts of the market. One primary problem is fear of the unknown. Nobody knows where subprime mortgage backed securities actually are. Said another way, the assets were packaged and sold around the world, but at this point nobody wants to admit to holding subprime assets.