Bailout: what the rescue of bear stearns and the credit crisis mean for your investments

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Bailout, John Waggoner answers the essential questions surrounding recent market catastrophes'from the failure of Bear Stearns to the credit crisis'and reveals how you can protect your portfolio during these turbulent times. Waggoner offers a wide range of strategies to help your portfolio weather this storm, including rebalancing and using foreign currencies, and discusses how Treasury bonds, gold, commodities, and real estate can solidify your financial standing. With the expert advice found here, you'll quickly discover what it takes to achieve safety and success in today's volatile market.;""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 -- What Just Happened Here?""; ""The Herd on the Street""; ""Bear Lessons""; ""Chapter 2 -- How Did It All Begin?""; ""Bust to Boom Again""; ""Push Me, Pull You""; ""The Humble Mortgage""; ""Package Them Up and Move Them Out""; ""The Big Bear""; ""Chapter 3 -- Silly Season""; ""Irrational Exuberance?""; ""Banks Break out the Levers""; ""Wall Street Adds a Few Levers of Its Own""; ""Chapter 4 -- Matters Become More Serious""; ""The Pin that Bursts the Bubble""; ""Default Comes to Wall Street""