It's not every season that Wall Street analysts greet losses or write-downs with smiles, but such is the case in the 'subprime watch' era.Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Thursday said it wrote-down $2.7 billion of credit-related securities tied to the U.S. subprime mortgage market.
Investors once again appeared to be relieved that a major bank's subprime losses, while not small, weren't catastrophic. Barclays' shares fell just 44 cents to $43.44 in mid-morning trading Thursday. Further, Barclays' shares are up more than 10% for the week, an indication that investors may be regaining an appetite for the United Kingdom's third-largest bank.
The dollar, it seems, can't stop falling; oil, on the other hand, can't stop rising (let alone decline a little); 
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Why do we have a weak dollar?
