The home page also features a useful chart showing the top movers in the FTSE 100 at a glance. Currency Crises Nouriel Roubini, associate professor of economics and international business at New York University's Stern School of Business, provides a comprehensive analysis of the causes of the recent Asian and world currency crisis as well as global contagion. This financial information source for European stock market investors features real-time equity prices for major European stock exchanges, free daily newsletters and coverage of the European high technology markets. Barclays iShares Country-specific ishares from Barclays Global Investors allow investors to track foreign benchmarks using funds that trade like stocks. This BGI-sponsored site provides information about how to use these investments and daily data, including the most actively traded ishares.
Investors can trade global stocks over the site and place or stop limit and market orders.
Nikkei Net Interactive You need an ID and password to access most areas of this site but your registration efforts will be rewarded. News headlines are organized by categories such as Multimedia, Telecommunications, and Markets. The site also links to Asian technology news, corporate profiles and stock quotes Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed companies. The South China Morning Post market news section requires free registration, which will allow you to access the stories linked from headlines on the main markets page. Briefs of top stories are provided on the markets home page.