Such volatility is surely just a taster of what is to come: this month many of the financial contracts with the now-defunct Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual are to be settled.

• 这种波动肯定只是即将到来的麻烦的前奏：与已经死翘翘的雷曼兄弟公司和华盛顿互助银行所签订的许多金融合同要在这个月搞定。