Chinese Market Closes Lower; Dual-listed Stocks Tumble []

Chinese Market Closes Lower; Dual-listed Stocks Tumble []
Tuesday, Shanghai shares closed mixed after dual-listed large caps such as Sinopec witnessed a sell-off amid lingering worries that the Chinese government is restraining the growth of mutual funds. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 97.88 points or 1.74% at 5,536.57.

Deutsche Bank Research Examines Latin America's Largest Economies []
Steffen Dyck and Veronica Valles from Deutsche Bank Research remarked on Tuesday that Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela are Latin America's largest economies. They noted that with a total population of more than 370 million people they account for almost 70% of the region's overall population and contributed more than 80% to Latin America's nominal GDP in 2006.

Danske Bank Examines Recent Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey []
Peter Possing Andersen from Danske Bank remarked that last night the Federal Reserve released the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey. Andersen noted the latter is a survey of the lending standards for the prior three months to October.

European Markets Fall, Led By Banks - European Commentary []
The European markets fell on Thursday, as banking stocks retreated after Credit Suisse Group said it is too early to predict an end to the credit-market turmoil and a brokerage downgraded shares of U.S. financial giant Citigroup.