| 1 | The stock market index is falling rapidly. | |
| 2 | The reports helped push major indexes to their first winning week in a month. | |
| 3 | The markets have been struggling since early July, when all three major indexes fell into bear territory. | |
| 4 | There are also some individual stock futures, but these are not as popular as the currency, index, and commodities futures. | |
| 5 | Berkshire will have to pay money if the indexes are below where they were when it entered the contracts. |