Stock indicators are pointing to a higher opening on Wall Street after the Monday mess.

I'm David Brancatchio in New York, S&P and NASDAQ futures are up about 1% with just over an hour and a half to go before markets

open officially. I see London down slightly but Frankfurt up to 10% now. The

big rebound after the big drop was in Japan today where the Nikk

index regained all but 3% of its 13% drop that started the week. Here's the

BBC's Mariko Ooy.

The Nikki 225 almost recouped, all the losses it suffered yesterday, ending the day more

than 10% higher after falling 12.4%. You know yesterday was the biggest

point fall on record and today we had the biggest daily rally in

history so extreme volatility and definitely not for the faint-hearted. There's a sigh of relief

but it also confirms the view of Sam analysts who were saying yesterday that

fundamentals are strong. Don't sell in panic because Japanese companies are doing well and the

economy is quite resilient as well. Indeed financial advisors here often warn

us not to make money decisions in the heat of battle. Yet the Associated

Press reports many customers had trouble logging into for instance their

Vanguard, Schwab, and Fidelity online accounts yesterday, a day the S&P fell 3%.

Now beyond stocks, a commerce spot for money is a classic.

The certificate of deposit, a CD at the bank, leave money for a set time and it comes back with a bit of interest.

At a time of falling interest rates in America, let's get an update from Marketplace's

Kimberly Adams.

Certificates of deposit give guaranteed returns if you promise to leave your money in the bank or

credit union for a set period of time, usually three, six, nine months, maybe one to three years.

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