FNM Also Suspends Foreclosures Thru January
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FRE Suspends All Foreclosures, Evictions of Occupied Homes Thru January 9, 2009
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S&P/TSX Down 765 Points, a 9% Decline to 7724 at Close
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10yr Yield Drops to 3.05% (Lowest Ever)
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Dell Beats in Q3 - 37 Cents/Share vs. 31 Estimated
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BoNY Cutting 4% (1,800 Jobs)
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Citi: Strong Capital Position, Liquidity --CNBC
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TSY - no other funds in TSY's temporary money mkt guarantee program rec'd a similar liquidation notice from the SEC
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TSY's Exchange Stabilization Fund will buy any remaining securities in The Reserve Fund at amortized cost
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TSY is helping The Reserve Fund to ensure "order and timely" liquidation
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Office of Thrift Supervision says 225 banks seeking funds are pending Agency Review
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OTS says 1/3 of Thrift Banks have sought bailout funds
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TSY - The Reserve Fund's securities are s/t Gov't paper and FNM, FRE securities
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TSY will serve as 'buyer of last resort' for The Reserve Fund's securities
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30yr Yield Drops to 3.61% (Lowest Ever) on Biggest Day Drop Since Sep-01
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TSY had taken The Reserve Fund into the Temporary Guarantee for Money Market Funds program
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TSY says they agree to help liquidate fund due to "extraordinary and unique" circumstances
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TSY agrees to help liquidate The Reserve Fund's U.S. Gov't Fund
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Long Bond Up 5 Handles in Panic-Buying
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S&P Down 5.1% to 765, Lowest Since Apr-97
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First person in the Q3 issue is South Africa-based subscriber Schalk Myburgh, Business Analyst, Nedbank Equity Capital Markets, who shares his experience of automated and algorithmic trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with editor William Essex.

A basket of abstractions

William Essex: Please discuss your firm’s take-up of algorithmic and automated trading functionality. ...