37 (plus nine other scary numbers from Q3)

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Morningstar's markets editor, Jeremy Glaser, highlights ten unnerving statistics from the third quarter as we move into the final three months of the year...

The third quarter of 2012 might have been less scary than in years past, but there was still plenty of bad news in the marketplace. Every quarter, I take a look at some numbers that jumped out at me. Here are some notable ones for the most recent three-month period: 5.9% Yield on Spanish ten-year bonds. Despite a dip after the European Central Bank's (ECB) pledge to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro, Spanish bond yields are once again near an unsustainable level as the market continues to be sceptical that Europe's plan to save itself will go off without a hitch. 0 Euros ...

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