http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog The resource for surviving and thriving in challenging times. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:50:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Guardian Budget 2009: More cash for first-time buyers' cut-price mortgages: More first-time buyers will be helped on to the property ladder by the government-backed shared ownership scheme HomeBuy Direct, after the chancellor said he was allocating it an extra £80m. They must mean property-snake, surely? It's clear that the UK ... http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/04/more-money-for-first-time-house-buyers/ William K Black investigated the Savings and Loans scandal in the 1980s and accused senators of committing fraud. Now he's back and investigating the fraud that has happened against the American people over the past 10 years. Watch Bill Moyers' interview with William K Black Here is the transcript of the ... http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/04/the-best-way-to-rob-a-bank-is-to-own-one-william-k-black/ Well things have certainly changed over the past year and a half. Ever since I first got the inkling that the wheels were first coming off the proverbial cart that was the western economies I had been warning my friends about what was coming. Although I had been keeping up ... http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/03/is-gold-the-best-way-to-preserve-your-wealth/ It seems that the Federal Reserve has taken the unusual step of setting a target interest range rather than an target rate. In these uncertain times it is really important that you shop around to find the best place for your wealth. CD's (Certificate of Deposit) are some of the most ... http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/03/how-to-find-the-best-cd-rates/ Nouriel Roubini says that the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme was a mirror of the way the US economy has been run over the past 25 years. The bursting od the housing bubble and of the equity bublle and hedge funds bubble and private equity bubble showed that most of the 'wealth' ... http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/03/roubini-says-madoff-is-a-mirror-of-the-usa/ It's so bad you don't know whether to laugh or cry, why not do both with Jon Stewart and Bill Maher. For the record I don't think Jon Stewart really understands where Rick Santelli is coming from. http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/03/jon-stewart-and-bill-maher-on-the-economy/ Faisal Islam from Channel 4 news recently interviewed Jim Rogers about the recession. Check it out at the link below. Interview with Jim Rogers about the recession http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/03/jim-rogers-interviewed-about-recession-by-faisal-islam/ This 'rant' from Rick Santelli about where he gives his views on the cause of the recession and how we can mitigate its effects has been picked up by many news outlets. Unfortunately I think he is being misunderstood and painted as one of the 'bad guys'. I've seen several ... http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/02/rick-santelli-rant-of-the-year/ http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/02/janet-tavakoli/ Jim Rogers says that Geithner is proposing the wrong plan, comparing the US policy to what Japan did in the 90's. Essentially the US government wants to get out out of the debt crisis, by taking on more debt. http://myrecessionsurvivalguide.com/blog/2009/02/jim-rogers-comments-on-geithner/