Quote from TL Trader:
"Merrill Lynch is expected to suffer $15 billion in losses stemming from soured mortgage investments, almost double its original estimate..."
This might be it.
In fact it is good news for market. First amex warned and now ML. IMHO market should take it as positive because now Bennie will act fast and will cut the rate more than .50 bp. Even it is not a permenant solution, but somehow mkt loves to hear that.