The debt concerns facing various European countries re-emerged as a focal point for investors during November as Ireland received an aid package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Many speculate that this will not be the remedy, nor the last aid package distributed, as bond yields have increased substantially for other European nations exhibiting similar debt and deficit characteristics. Elsewhere in the world, tensions on the Korean peninsula have been elevated, as a result of North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island. Both nations have increased their levels of military exercise.

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