"Investors in 2000 looking back at the 1990s could have been pardoned for feeling euphoric. The S&P 500 (Chart 1.1) had risen 237% since 1992-a compound annual rate of 16.4%. This gain followed a plethora of troubles at the end of the 1980s-the savings & loan crisis that corresponded with...

The world's best financial minds help us understand today's financial crisis With so much information saturating the market for the everyday investor, trying to understand why the economic crisis happened and what needs to be done to fix it can be daunting. There is a real need, and demand, from...