2015 Event China's central bank takes action to reassure investors that it is attempting to address the nation's economic downturn, reducing interest rates and the amount of reserve funds required to be held by banks 2015 Event The Swiss National Bank has uncapped the Swiss franc against the euro, resulting in a rise in its currency value from 1.20 to 1.04 francs/euro; the bank also reduced interest rates from -.25% to -.75%, increasing costs to investors who store deposits 2014 Event China's slowing growth and plans for tapering by the Fed cause investors to withdraw money from emerging markets; as a result, the Dow Jones loses over 300 points, ending its worst week since 2011 2014 Event Apple announces its holiday earnings will be announced January 27; investors will care most about the company's iPhone and iPad sales 2013 Event JPMorgan Chase tentatively settles on paying $13 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice for its role in selling bad mortgage loans to investors, which added to the Suprime mortgage crisis 2012 Event Standard & Poor's credit rating agency receives a ruling by an Australian judge that they misled investors in their rating of two-pre-crisis issues of structured debt 2012 Event The credit ratings of European Union members including Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain are downgraded by Moody's Investors Service 2011 Event U.S. company Hewlett-Packard adds Ralph Whitworth from Relational Investors to it's corporate-government activists on its board of directors 2011 Event As the Australian dollar falls below parity, Australian and New Zealand dollars continue to fall as investors seek security 2010 Event Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall 1963 Event Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors 1924 Event Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
