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The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the

The market for credit default swaps is unregulated, untransparent, and highly dangerous. And its estimated worth is over three times the total value of US equities. “A CDS is a bit like a blind date,” says Andrew Snyder, “at first, they sound like a

Eric Roseman says the doom and gloom is overdone. He says “heavily oversold and stocks are going to post at least a big bear market bounce at any time.”

It is in exactly times like these that Washingtion likes to pass under-the-radar legislation. Dave Gonigam says some ideas floated at a Congressional hearing on 401(k) and pension plans should sound alarm bells among investors. This form The Daily Reckoni

Use A Stock Portfolio To Replace A Mortgage Loan - If a stock portfolio is losing value, now is a great time to hedge that for cash. You get to have your cake and eat it too. If the portfolio turns around, keep it. If not, you already have the cash.

The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression is claiming another casualty: American-style capitalism.

Eric Roseman says the Fed will eventually triumph over deflation with by a massive expansion of credit.

Mark Nestmann says President Bush just has to declare a “state of national economic emergency” to open up a whole new range of drastic measures.

The whole bad mortgage/financial crisis drama is starting to sound more and more weird to me. I hate to sound like one of those guys but it's always the taxpayers who end up paying for all of it...and they might actually be worst off if they didn't.

William Patalon III has a four-point plan to beat the bear this time round: 1) Load up on high dividend stocks; 2) Buy gold; 3) Stick to ‘global titan’ companies; and 4) Stay relaxed…