Seven reasons the world's stock markets are falling

European markets are in panic mode with all major indices down sharply. It follows a widespread sell-off on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday.Here are seven reasons why investors are so nervous:

August anxiety: Stocks slumping again

The calendar may have changed to August but stocks have resumed their late July tumble. The market opened flat Friday in response to another healthy jobs report, but by midday the Dow was down more than 100 points.

Exclusive: Malaysia pension fund to spend 500 million euros on German, French properties

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's state pension fund will invest half a billion euros ($660 million) in industrial property in Germany and office space in France, according to sources familiar with the deals, signaling growing appetite for high-yielding property assets as Europe's main economies show signs of recovery.

Stock futures signal drop after JPMorgan loss

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were down on Friday, pointing to a lower open on Wall Street, after JPMorgan Chase & Co stunned investors with news of "significant mark-to-market losses" that it said could "easily get worse."

US stocks rise after solid economic reports, earnings

NEW YORK: Solid earnings reports from market leaders like Caterpillar and rising European markets helped push US stocks higher on opening on Thursday.

Europe crisis hits new peak on 'depression' alert

Europe reeled on Monday from warnings it faces "deep depression" if the eurozone collapses and that every EU nation's credit rating could be hit without firm action to stop the debt crisis.