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Mr.Obama: Here are 3 steps to stop the crash

It's no secret that: 1. every decline in asset values pulls billions of dollars out of capital in the financial system, 2. every drop in the capital of the financial system creates a new impediment to lending, and

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To Pool or Not To Pool

In light of the tragic Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard Madoff, it's time to revisit the wisdom of investments in which each individual's funds are "pooled" into oceans of cash that slosh hither and yon with nary a control by the original investors.

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Escaping the Whirlpool

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson hopes to rescue the U.S. financial system by injecting $1.3 trillion into buying up toxic assets and taking over firms like AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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In Praise of Real Estate Speculators

There is a fundamental difference between the speculation that's been so roundly attacked in the stock and commodity markets and real estate speculation.

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The Process of Real-Estate Finance Needs Radical Reform

I have worked as a process analyst in high technology for the past 25 years, developing software and advising companies on how to improve their operations through process re-engineering.

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The "Rogue Trader" and the Butterfly Effect

The stock-market crash of Martin Luther King Day and the following morning reduced the value of corporations worldwide by an average of about 5 percent, with America's Dow Jones Industrial components alone losing about $150 billion in aggregate market cap.

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How NOT to Make Money in Real Estate

I had a recent discussion with an advisor to prospective investors in a venture I am getting established. Some of what he said should be of interest to any investor who wants to make money in the current environment. But first some parameters:

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The Real-Estate Crash - What Needs To Be Done

In 1929, America's banks and stock brokers converted a recession into a mighty Depression by the way they reacted to a big drop in the stock market.

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Sid Bursten is a former Realtor and current real-estate investor who has spent the past quarter century as a computer and business consultant with fir …

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