A few of the more important reading items and links for October 29th :

• Stocks Take Big Leap as Investors Await Fed – The case for more rate cuts strengthened Tuesday, with new reports showing the economy deteriorating sharply.
• Big is better with oil – investors need to focus less on growth and more on survival prospects.
• Equity trading losses at Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Credit Suisse – Leverage Leverage Leverage… Bad Bad Bad
• Ahead of the Tape – Oil prices have differing effect on the oil companies…
• Euro Dropping? – May be a good time to start thinking about shorting the Dollar…..