Der "Gute Nachrichten" Thread

Damit wir hier nicht in die totale Krisen Depression verfallen, mal der Versuch einer Sammlung von positiven Nachrichten in den Zeiten der krise:

Dan Anfang macht ein erfolgreicher IPO in den USA:

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/94346

Es scheint also nach wie vor Interesse für zukunftsweisende Technologie zu geben.

MMI

P.S.: Always look on the bright side of life .....

#achtsamkeit,

da Börse in großem Maße davon abhängt, wieviele "Dumme" es gibt, ist das IMHO eine guteNachricht.

Von gestern, aber auch durchaus positiv : Nestlé

http://aktien.wallstreet-online.de/10773/nachrich…news_id=2133112

MMI

HP meldet glänzende Zahlen:

http://www.ftd.de/technik/it_tel…0HP/240475.html

Die IT Branche scheint gerade sehr gut zu laufen.

MMI

schlägt zu. Anbei der ausführliche Bericht aus Bloomberg. Ist das jetzt positiv oder negativ ?

Fed Cuts Discount Rate to 5.75% to Ease Credit Crunch (Update1)
2007-08-17 08:48 (New York)

(Adds markets in fifth paragraph.)

By Scott Lanman and Brendan Murray
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve unexpectedly cut
its discount rate and said it's prepared to take further action
to ``mitigate'' damage to the economy from the rout in global
credit markets.
The central bank reduced the rate at which it makes direct
loans to banks by 0.5 percentage point to 5.75 percent. Policy
makers kept their benchmark federal funds rate target unchanged
at 5.25 percent. It's the first reduction in borrowing costs
between scheduled meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee
since 2001 and Ben S. Bernanke's first as Fed chairman.
``Financial market conditions have deteriorated, and tighter
credit conditions and increased uncertainty have the potential to
restrain economic growth going forward,'' the central bank's
Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement released in
Washington. ``The downside risks have increased appreciably.''
In the statement, the committee said it is ``prepared to act
as needed to mitigate the adverse effects on the economy arising
from disruptions in financial markets.''
U.S. Treasury notes erased gains and stock-index futures
rallied. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note was 4.68 percent
at 8:39 a.m. in New York. Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500
index rose 1.7 percent to 1,448.
The cut reflects alarm at the central bank that more
restrictive lending conditions and volatility in financial
markets will deepen the housing recession, weaken employment and
erode economic growth. As recently as its Aug. 7 meeting, the
FOMC kept rates unchanged and said inflation is still the biggest
danger to the economy.

`Volatile' Markets

The Fed noted then that ``financial markets have been
volatile,'' though the economy was still expected to continue to
expand at a ``moderate'' pace.
Since then, the Fed and central banks in Europe, Japan,
Canada and Australia have been compelled to add money to the
banking system. The collapse in demand for securities backed by
subprime mortgages has forced at least 70 lenders out of
business.
The European Central Bank began adding liquidity on Aug. 9
after BNP Paribas SA, France's biggest bank, was forced to halt
withdrawals from three of its investment funds. The Fed followed,
along with counterparts from Sydney to Oslo.
Today's move also shows how Bernanke, like his predecessor,
is prepared to temporarily abandon Fed growth forecasts and
inflation objectives to offset the risk of a credit crunch.
Former Chairman Alan Greenspan was known for his tendency to give
financial market conditions a primary role in policy, and he came
to the rescue on several occasions when turmoil struck.

`Greenspan Put'

Until now, Bernanke had shown every intention of shunning
the so-called Greenspan put. He wanted more emphasis on the
forecasts of the institution and policy less dependent on the
whims of whoever occupies the chairman's suite.
The central bank's preferred price measure, which excludes
food and energy, has slowed for four straight months. The core
personal consumption expenditures price index rose 1.9 percent in
June after a revised 2 percent gain in May, the Commerce
Department said July 31.
Mortgage defaults by Americans with poor credit histories
prompted the collapse in June of two hedge funds managed by Bear
Stearns Cos. and triggered a worldwide rout in the debt markets.
Companies such as London-based Cadbury Schweppes Plc have delayed
asset sales, and banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and
Deutsche Bank AG have been left on the hook for as much as $300
billion of debt they've agreed to provide.
``The credit markets are beginning to seize up a little
bit,'' Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center
at Georgia State University in Atlanta, said before the decision.
``The economy is weak, job growth is lackluster.''

Job Growth

Employers in the U.S. added a fewer-than-forecast 92,000
workers to payrolls last month and the jobless rate rose to 4.6
percent from 4.5 percent. Indexes tracking U.S. manufacturing and
service industries also slowed more than expected in July,
according to the Institute for Supply Management. Auto sales last
month were at their lowest level in nine years.
``This is not a sign of balanced and healthy growth
economy,'' Dhawan said.
Gross domestic product expanded at an annual pace of 3.4
percent in the second quarter, up from 0.7 percent in the
previous three months. Consumer spending, which kept the economy
afloat for much of the past year, slowed. Growth was underpinned,
instead, by exports and corporate investment.

Growth Outlook

Economists and policy makers anticipate a slower expansion
in the second half. For the year, Fed governors and presidents
expect growth, on average, of about 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent,
Bernanke told Congress last month. The projections are about a
quarter-point below the last round in February, mainly on
weakness in homebuilding.
Today's rate cut most likely signals Fed officials' concerns
that financial-market turmoil could weaken consumer spending and
business confidence. Business investment has helped offset the
housing recession to keep the economy growing in recent quarters.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has fallen 8.9 percent in
the past month.

--With reporting by Scott Lanman in Washington. Editor: Moss
(cxa/clw)

To contact the reporters on this story: Craig Torres in
Washington at +1-202-654-1220 or Ctorres3@bloomberg.net, Vivien
Lou Chen in San Francisco at +1-415-743-3506 or
vchen1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Daniel Moss at
+1-202-624-1881 or dmoss@bloomberg.net

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Ich frage mich, warum die Fed gleich 0,5 gebuttert hat und nicht erstmal 0,25 mit der Option auf weitere 0,25 um die Märkte zu beruhigen und die Reaktion zu testen. Offenbar sehen die doch dringenden Handlungsbedarf.

kleiner Zusatz: Es wurde nicht die "Prime rate" gesenkt, sondern "nur" die Diskont Rate, die deultich höher lag.

Trotzdem für mich eher eine Bestätigung meiner Skepsis als eine Entwarnung.

MMI

Der Bund mit schwarzen Zahlen

http://www.faz.net/s/Rub594835B67…n~Scontent.html

BoA hilft Countrywide

http://www.handelsblatt.com/news/Unternehm…rime-opfer.html

und 2:1 gegen England

http://www.sport1.de/de/sport/artikel_1599612.html

Jtzt juckt auch die US Immobilienkrise nicht mehr....

MMI

nach Ansiocht von Thomas Fricke schon:

http://www.ftd.de/meinung/leitar…oom/243396.html

MMI