Financial Doom - Current Best Sellers

Go ahead and read those apocalyptic books on the economy if you like a good scare. But be sure you recognize fiction when you see it.
By Jim Jubak
If fairy tales express our deepest fears, then investors must be on the verge of a psychotic breakdown.
The current crop of financial gloom-and-doom books carry titles such [...]

Why This Crisis is Still Far from Finished

Why this crisis is still far from finished
By Mohamed El-Erian
Published: April 24 2008

During the past few weeks we have seen a growing number of market participants predict an end to the dislocations that erupted last summer and claimed victims throughout the financial system and beyond. While their predictions are understandable, they are premature. The dynamics [...]

The Price for Food and Fuel Will Only Go Up

Read This - and get out of debt and start to save more cash

Housing In Deepest Decline Since The Great Depression

Rapid Deterioration

Housing in deepest decline since the Great Depression, economist says

By Steve Kerch, MarketWatch
Last update: 4:48 p.m. EST March 4, 2008

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Housing is in its “deepest, most rapid downswing since the Great Depression,” the chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders said Tuesday, and the downward momentum on housing prices appears [...]