Is today's troubled market trying to tell us something?
The firm is the first big financial company to announce cutbacks linked primarily to the world's troubled markets.
Now, as they sit tight, many are trying to find opportunities in the troubled markets.
If the board remains committed, several analysts say the Newton may be one of the survivors in the troubled market.
But it was enough to nudge him back into the troubled Japanese market.
The stocks of precious metal mining companies, as is usually the case, posted gains in an otherwise troubled market.
"In a troubled market, we think utilities are more stable," he said.
But most firms are too concerned about survival in this deeply troubled market to alter their style radically.
The group said troubled financial markets meant now was not the best time to agree any sale.
Traders said that yesterday's selloff will likely hurt the troubled market for the near future.